How to review fungal vaginitis?

Candidal vaginitis is a common vaginitis. There are many causes of candidal vaginitis, such as not paying attention to personal hygiene or having unclean sexual life. If you have this disease, you should pay attention to timely treatment, and you need to have regular follow-up examinations after recovery, which can also help avoid recurrence. The following editor will introduce several methods for follow-up examinations of candidal vaginitis.

Methods for the examination of candidal vaginitis:

(1) Smear microscopy

Clue cells can be found in smears of secretions.

cell). Clue cells are epithelial cells with a large number of Gardnerella attached to their surface. The characteristic is that the surface of the epithelial cells is rough or has fine particles, as if sprinkled with a layer of flour. The bacteria are Gram-negative coccal rods.

(2) Amine test

Take a drop of 10% potassium hydroxide solution and add it to the vaginal secretions. You can smell the "fishy" ammonia released. This is because the secretions contain a high amount of amines, which can release an ammonia smell when they come into contact with alkali.

(3) Cultivation method

It should be isolated before culture, and round, opaque, smooth-surfaced colonies with a diameter of 0.5 mm can be seen.

(4) Biochemical method

Vaginal secretions were taken for biochemical analysis. Normal women had high lactate levels and low succinate levels, while women with this disease had the opposite values.

(5) Fluorescent antibody method

The smear was stained with fluorescent antibody and examined under a microscope.

How to diagnose candidal vaginitis? Let’s take a look at the expert’s answer below.

1. Gynecological examination: Through routine gynecological examination, preliminary screening of possible sexual diseases is performed, and secretion samples are taken for necessary examinations.

2. Vaginal secretion examination: Check the cleanliness of the vagina and whether there is fungal, trichomonas, bacterial (clue cells and pus cells) infection.

3. Vaginal secretion culture: Check which pathogen is causing the infection and provide doctors with accurate diagnosis basis.

4. Drug sensitivity test: detect which drugs the pathogens are sensitive to, so that targeted medication can be used to improve treatment effects.

After mastering the examination methods of candidal vaginitis, everyone should actively go to a professional hospital for diagnosis so that the right medicine can be prescribed. Women should be careful not to seek treatment blindly. Only the correct diagnosis of the disease can provide a basis for accurate treatment and find targeted treatment plans, thereby restoring everyone's physical and mental health.