What is the cause of leucorrhea?

Women's leucorrhea is originally secreted to protect the vagina. It has normal color and no special smell. However, if you find that its amount, color, state, and smell are abnormal, it means that there are problems with your body, big or small, more or less, and it is time to pay attention to it. For example, many people don’t know why leucorrhea contains blood. Let’s take a look at the reasons why leucorrhea contains blood.

Leucorrhea refers to a liquid secreted from the female vagina, which under normal circumstances plays a role in lubricating and protecting the vagina. When the color, quality, and quantity of leucorrhea are abnormal, it is a manifestation of a certain disease. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "leucorrhea" or "red and white discharge".

The causes and manifestations of abnormal leucorrhea are:

(1) Colorless, transparent, sticky leucorrhea: mostly caused by the use of estrogen drugs or physical weakness. Symptoms include normal appearance, heavy vaginal discharge, and lower back pain and fatigue.

(2) Purulent leucorrhea: It is often caused by purulent bacterial infections such as Trichomonas vaginitis, chronic cervicitis, senile vaginitis, endometritis, uterine effusion, and vaginal foreign bodies. It appears yellow or yellow-green and has a fishy smell.

(3) Tofu-like leucorrhea: It is caused by candidal vaginitis, accompanied by vulvar itching.

(4) Bloody leucorrhea: It is mostly caused by cervical polyps, senile vaginitis, severe chronic cervicitis, cervical cancer, uterine cancer or side effects of intrauterine contraceptive devices. In particular, there is varying amounts of blood mixed in the leucorrhea, accompanied by dizziness.

If there is blood in the leucorrhea, you should be alert to the possibility of malignant tumors such as cervical cancer and endometrial cancer. However, benign lesions such as cervical polyps, cervical erosion, submucosal myoma, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, urethral caruncle, senile vaginitis, etc. can also cause bloody leucorrhea, and a small amount of blood caused by intrauterine contraceptive devices.

The above content is the reason why leucorrhea contains blood. As a relatively vulnerable group in society, women must take good care of their bodies. A healthy body is better than anything else. What's more, there are more and more gynecological diseases nowadays, which trouble many women. After reading the above content, I hope it can arouse everyone's strong attention. After all, you are responsible for your own body, and you have to bear the consequences if there is any problem.