Excessive discharge and smell Posted: 05-13-08 14:12pm
Hi, I'm 18 years old and i'm not really
sexually active. I have a boyfriend, but
we try to not let sex ruin our
relationship at a young age. However, i
lost my virginity with my ex boyfriend who
i dated for 3 years and i was 14 years
old. We always used a condom and i'm also
taking the pill. I have a white, gooey
discharge from my vagina almost all the
time. It smells, but nothing i can relate
it to. It can't possibly a STD as well i
do not have any itching or burning around
my vaginal area. It bothers me because i
feel i'm always wet , i sometimes have to
go to the washroom to wipe myself and my
panties. From reading a few stories, i'm
starting to think this isn't normal. Also,
when i get sexually aroused , i get very
wet. What's going on down there? Please
reply. Thanks!
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mominashoe
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Posted: 05-13-08 14:20pm
It is normal to have an amount of wetness
when you are aroused, and you will notice
an increase in the amount around the
middle of your cycle. This is just a
natural substance that lubricates your
vagina for the purpose of having sex. Our
bodies were made to have sex at our
fertile time more than at any other, hence
this increase.
It does have a particular smell, but it is
not foul smelling. If you notice that it
has a foul and strong odor, then something
is wrong. Some women also just have more
than others and some have more at some
times in their lives than at others. You
might find that using a liner will help
with the wetness discomfort. If you are
worried, you can get a pelvic exam done by
a GYN or even a GP, but judging from what
you've mentioned, it's part of your
hormones growing up
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Tanita
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Joined: 23 May 2008 Posts: 19
Posted: 05-23-08 05:11am
Excuse me, mominashoe, but I will allow
myslef to disagree with you. An all time
vaginal discharge is not a normal
condition at all, nither can be caused by
the hormones growing up. Dramaqueen08 has
always had protected sex, but there`s a
chance of having some small infection
transmitted from swimming pool, bath,
dirty hands during sex, etc and if not
treated in time the infection could become
a chronic one and hard to get rid off.
Worried or not she has to consult her GYN
that will perscribe her an appropriate
medication after examining her secretion.
It is important to do an antibiogram that
will show which antibiotic is not
resistable to the specific bacteria in her
discharge. On the other hand the
antibiotics cause mould, so the antibiotic
treatement should be combimed with an
appropriate anti mould patent medicine.
For example - the staphylococus could be
transmitted by dirty hands, causes vaginal
discharge without itching and without
smell. But if not treated could injure not
only the sexual organs but the heart and
the articulations.
So for me it is not right to advice the
young women that the vaginal discharge is
a normal part of their live.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 05-23-08 06:19am
Tanita, thank you for your further advice.
That's what this forum is for: everyone
needs to put in their ideas and help out
the person.
I gave my best answer, but know that I
could be wrong, which is why I always
encourage people to visit the doctor. No
one here is a doctor (except for those
answering the doctor questions) and many
of the factors involved are hard to tell
by what the person only puts down.
Basically it's just guessing because you
don't know exactly the lifestyle the
person has. You just go on exactly what
they tell you.
That's what I tried to do, so if I'm
missing something, I apologize.
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Tanita
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Joined: 23 May 2008 Posts: 19
Posted: 05-23-08 14:47pm
Dear mominashoe,
You do not have to apologize. I am not a
doctor too, I just had a different opinion
from the one you shared and I wanted to
write it in order to encourage the girl to
visit the GYN since the young girls are a
little bit embarassed about it. And when
reading that their condition is probably
normal they will feel comfortable with the
answer and will not take any further
treatement. The girls have to know that
the GYN is not an enemy and having a
discharge is not a shameful condition but
nothing different from a flu or a headache
which if not treated could turn out to sth
more serious.
Pls excuse me if I was a little sharp to
your post. I assure you that it was not
against you, I just wanted to explain
Dramaqueen that her problem could not be
diagnosticated only with a description of
the discharge, but have to be examined by
her doctor in a microbiological lab.
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