What is the yellow-green tofu-like leucorrhea?

Yellow-green leucorrhea that is like tofu residue is a relatively common symptom. For female friends, I believe many people have encountered this situation. So what is the reason for yellow-green leucorrhea that is like tofu residue? If you want to learn more about this, please continue reading! Please see the detailed introduction below.

Why does the leucorrhea look like yellow-green tofu residue? Experts point out that if women’s leucorrhea is yellow-green and tofu-like, it is very likely to be candidal vaginitis. This can cause great harm to women, affect pregnancy, and is easily contagious. Therefore, if a woman's leucorrhea is yellow-green and resembling tofu dregs, she should go to the hospital as soon as possible for a routine leucorrhea examination and symptomatic treatment.

Normal leucorrhea of ​​women should be milky white or colorless and transparent, with a slightly fishy smell or no smell; its secretion amount and texture are affected by the levels of estrogen and progesterone in the body, and vary cyclically with the menstrual cycle, with varying amounts, textures and thicknesses.

Therefore, it is abnormal for women's leucorrhea to be yellow-green and tofu-like in appearance. Based on years of clinical analysis, this is a typical symptom of female candidal vaginitis. Therefore, female friends should go to the hospital for routine leucorrhea examination as soon as possible, and be careful of candidal vaginitis.

How to treat yellow-green tofu-like leucorrhea?

For simple vulvovaginal candidiasis, local medication is the main choice. Generally, the symptoms will be alleviated or disappear within 2-3 days after medication. Clotrimazole vaginal suppository, use every 3 days, 2 times in total. Regarding the treatment of complicated vulvovaginal candidiasis, the selected drugs are basically the same as those for simple vulvovaginal candidiasis. Whether local or systemic medications are used, the treatment time should be appropriately extended. The treatment principles for vulvovaginal candidiasis during pregnancy are: the primary issue that must be considered during treatment is whether the drug is harmful to the fetus; treatment is mainly local medication, and systemic medication is not used; it is limited to pregnant women with symptoms and signs.

The preventive measures are as follows:

1. Exercise, eat a balanced diet, and avoid eating foods high in sugar.

2. Develop good hygiene habits. Dress appropriately.

3. When using public toilets, try to avoid sitting on toilets; showers are encouraged. Don't be overly particular about hygiene.

4. Do not abuse antibiotics.

5. Actively treat diabetes.

6. If women who take contraceptive pills suffer from recurrent candidal vaginitis, they should stop taking contraceptive pills and use other contraceptive methods instead.

From the above introduction, we can see that fungal vaginitis is the main cause of the yellow-green tofu-like leucorrhea. Therefore, for friends who have symptoms of yellow-green tofu-like leucorrhea, go to the hospital for relevant examinations in time to clarify the cause. If it is confirmed to be fungal vaginitis, the vaginitis should be treated in time! The treatment methods for candidal vaginitis are also introduced in detail above. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.