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Q: Excessive discharge and smell
asked by: dramaqueen08 on May 13th, 2008
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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
replied on May 13th, 2008
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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 Smile
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Tanita
replied on May 23rd, 2008
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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
replied on May 23rd, 2008
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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
replied on May 23rd, 2008
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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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mominashoe
replied on May 23rd, 2008
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Hey it's all good Smile Thanks for sharing.
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