What are the clinical manifestations of bacterial vaginosis?

Bacterial vaginitis is a common disease among many married women. Most of the time, it is caused by bacteria growing in the vagina and spreading over time. The clinical manifestations include pain, redness, swelling, and unbearable itching in the lower body. What are the clinical manifestations of bacterial vaginitis? Let's learn about how to regulate and treat it.

Clinical manifestations

10% to 50% of patients are asymptomatic, while those with symptoms complain of grayish-white leucorrhea with a fishy odor, vaginal burning and itching.

Increased leucorrhea is not a unique symptom of this disease. Gonorrhea, candidal vaginitis, and Trichomonas vaginitis can all present with clinical symptoms of increased leucorrhea. Most patients with this disease are women of childbearing age. The disease has a slow onset and the subjective symptoms are not obvious, with the main manifestation being increased leucorrhea. Vaginal secretion examination has the following characteristics:

①The pH value reaches 5.0-5.5, which is higher than normal.

② The leucorrhea is gray or gray-green, homogeneous, with a paste-like consistency, and may contain bubbles.

③There is a foul smell like rotten fish. The odor of women becomes worse after menstruation or sexual intercourse, and their sexual partners' genitals may also emit the same odor.

④ Patients with combined Trichomonas or Candida infection may experience vulvar itching, vaginal burning sensation, or pain during sexual intercourse.

This disease can often be combined with other vaginal sexually transmitted diseases, and its clinical manifestations may vary depending on the comorbidities. When combined with gonococcal infection, vaginal discharge will be obviously purulent and urinary tract irritation symptoms such as dysuria and dysuria may occur; when combined with Trichomonas infection, foamy vaginal discharge may appear, and itching may be aggravated and extremely itchy; when combined with Candida infection, vaginal discharge may appear curd-like or tofu-like.

【Prevention and conditioning】

1. Keep the vulva clean.

2. Sexual intercourse is prohibited during treatment.

3. The diet should be light and avoid spicy and greasy food.

Bacterial vaginosis treatment methods

Chinese medicine treatment:

1. Damp-heat descending: Leucorrhea with large amount, yellow color, thick texture, foul odor, hot flashes, burning sensation, swelling and pain in the vagina, dark urine and dry mouth, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. Treatment method: Clear away heat, promote dampness and stop leukorrhea. Prescription: 15 grams each of Poria cocos, Poria cocos, Red Peony Root, and Cortex Moutan, 10 grams each of Alisma orientalis, Phellodendron amurense, Gardenia jasminoides, Ginkgo biloba, and Plantago seed (package), and 6 grams of raw licorice. Chinese patent medicine: Longdan Xiegan Pills

2. Dampness and turbidity flow downward: Leucorrhea is excessive, white, sticky, and has a fishy smell. There is swelling and heaviness in the vagina, abdominal distension, poor appetite, loose stools, a pale tongue with a greasy white coating, and a weak pulse. Treatment: Strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and stop leukorrhea. Prescription: Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Atractylodes, Poria, Chinese Yam, Raw Coix Seed 15g each, Tangerine Peel and Qianshi 10g each. Chinese patent medicine: Leukorrhea Pills

3. Liver depression and spleen deficiency: excessive leucorrhea with yellow-white color, thick texture, or fishy smell, burning pain and heaviness in the vagina, irritability and bitter taste in the mouth, fatigue, poor appetite and loose stools, red tongue with thin and greasy coating, and thready pulse. Treatment method: Soothe the liver and clear away heat, strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. Prescription: 15 grams each of moutan bark, white peony root, atractylodes, poria, and raw coix seed, 10 grams each of bupleurum, gardenia, oriental water plantain, black mustard spike, and plantain seed (package), and 6 grams of raw licorice. Chinese patent medicine: Jiaweidaoyao pills

From the above article, we learned about the clinical manifestations of bacterial vaginitis. First of all, we can ensure the cleanliness of our vulva, avoid sexual intercourse during treatment, keep a light diet, and try not to eat seafood. Chinese medicine can be used to regulate the body.