Will the amount of vaginal discharge increase before menstruation?

Menstruation is a very common physiological phenomenon. It has a great impact on women's lives and cannot be ignored. Menstruation is also called "Aunt Flo" by women, which shows that women attach great importance to menstruation. Various changes will occur in the female body during menstruation, which makes many women feel very troubled. For example, will the amount of vaginal discharge increase before menstruation? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

Leucorrhea is clinically called vaginal discharge, which mainly includes exudates from the vaginal mucosa, secretions from the cervical canal and endometrial glands. Leucorrhea changes at different times of the menstrual cycle. The properties and amount of leucorrhea are mainly affected by estrogen and progesterone secreted by the ovaries.

Normally, the amount of leucorrhea is relatively small after the menstruation is over. As the menstrual cycle progresses, the secretion of estrogen gradually increases, and the amount of leucorrhea also gradually increases. During the ovulation period, the amount of leucorrhea is the largest, and it is transparent, thin, and has good stringiness, like egg white. After ovulation, under the influence of progesterone, the amount of leucorrhea secretion gradually decreases, and the leucorrhea becomes sticky and turbid, with poor stringiness and easy to break. Before menstruation, due to pelvic congestion and the effects of estrogen, the amount of leucorrhea will increase slightly.

Generally, the leucorrhea before menstruation will increase, and the symptoms will include increased leucorrhea in the middle of menstruation, which will be thin and transparent; after ovulation, the leucorrhea before menstruation will become thicker, turbid and less in amount. The symptoms of leucorrhea increase during pregnancy and before menstruation. Under physiological conditions, the secretion of leucorrhea often increases 2-3 days before and after menstruation, during ovulation, pregnancy and sexual intercourse. The amount of leucorrhea will increase before menstruation. As the cervical opening gradually expands during menstruation, the secretory function of the columnar epithelial cells in the cervical canal is relatively strong, and the amount of mucus increases and flows out together with the vaginal secretions.