How to treat leucorrhea with odor

Leucorrhea is a normal secretion, but it is also easy for it to be abnormal, typically with an odor. There are many reasons why leucorrhea has an odor. Some are caused by lack of hygiene, while others may be caused by gynecological diseases. When leucorrhea has an odor, the most important thing to worry about is the conditioning method. So, how to treat leucorrhea with odor? Let’s take a look below.

1. Ginkgo Soy Milk Soup

Take 10 ginkgo nuts (core and skin removed), crush them, add them into soy milk, stew them and take them orally once a day. Take them for several days to see the effect. It is suitable for patients with the initial stage of leucorrhea and increased leucorrhea.

2. Rock sugar winter melon seed soup

Take 30 grams of rock sugar and 30 grams of winter melon seeds, wash and grind the winter melon seeds, add rock sugar and a bowl of boiling water into a ceramic pot, simmer over low heat and take twice a day for 5-7 days. This prescription is suitable for those with increased leucorrhea due to damp-heat, but should not be taken by those with weak spleen and stomach or loose stools.

3. Chinese Yam and Lotus Root Soup

Take 60 grams of yam, 60 grams of lotus seeds, and 60 grams of coix seeds. Wash the yam, lotus seeds (peeled and cored), and coix seeds, put them into a casserole together, add 500 ml of water, and cook over low heat before serving. Generally take it once a day, and take 5-7 times to see the effect. This prescription is suitable for abnormal leucorrhea caused by spleen and stomach deficiency.

Causes of leucorrhea odor

1. Leucorrhea has a fishy smell: This symptom is mostly caused by vaginitis caused by Haemophilus vaginalis, which makes the secreted leucorrhea have a special fishy smell. Fishy odor of vaginal discharge is a typical symptom of bacterial vaginosis in women. Bacterial vaginosis refers to a disease caused by the massive reproduction of multiple pathogenic bacteria in the vagina, which mainly leads to vaginal ecological imbalance, thus putting the vagina in a pathological state. At the same time, the fishy smell of leucorrhea is also accompanied by symptoms such as vaginal burning, pain, itching, and vulvar moisture.

2. Leucorrhea has a fishy smell: If the vaginitis is caused by anaerobic bacteria infection, Trichomonas infection or Haemophilus vaginalis infection, in this case the leucorrhea is often accompanied by a fishy smell. The treatment of abnormal leucorrhea caused by Trichomonas vaginitis is the use of medication. After completing the first course of treatment, you can go to the hospital to check the Trichomonas situation. If it is not completely killed, use another course of treatment to make sure that the Trichomonas is killed. Otherwise, you will need to prevent repeated infection in the future.

3. Foul-smelling leucorrhea: Foul-smelling leucorrhea is often caused by severe reproductive tract infection or tumors, such as cervical erosion, malignant tumors, endometritis, etc. Especially for elderly women, if the vaginal discharge has a foul odor and is bright red in color, it is often a sign of a malignant tumor.