Causes of yellow vaginal discharge

I believe everyone knows what leucorrhea is. Leucorrhea is some white liquid secreted from the vagina of female friends. The color of leucorrhea is generally white, but some female friends' leucorrhea may appear in other colors. For example, the leucorrhea turns yellow. The appearance of this symptom often means that there is a problem with the female friend's body. Below we will introduce the reasons why vaginal leucorrhea is yellow.

Abnormal leucorrhea refers to an increase in the amount of vaginal discharge in women. Sometimes increased vaginal discharge is a normal physiological phenomenon. If increased vaginal discharge is accompanied by multiple symptoms, you should be alert to the occurrence of gynecological diseases. Increased leucorrhea can be divided into physiological leucorrhea increase and pathological leucorrhea increase.

1. Physiological

In healthy women, the increase in vaginal discharge is directly proportional to the increase in estrogen levels in the body. For example, increased vaginal discharge may occur during ovulation or pregnancy, when the endometrium grows too long, or after the use of estrogen drugs.

2. Pathological

Vaginitis, chronic cervicitis, senile vaginitis, endometritis, uterine effusion or foreign body in the vagina, uterine fibroids, genital herpes, gonorrhea, condyloma acuminatum, uterine prolapse, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, etc.

In the above article, we introduced what leucorrhea is. We know that leucorrhea is generally white. If the color of leucorrhea is abnormal, we must pay attention to it. The above article introduces in detail the reasons why vaginal leucorrhea is yellow.