Vaginitis

Vaginitis - a disease of the external genitalia, which is based on inflammation of the mucous membrane of the vagina. Most of this inflammation develops in the penetration of pathogenic or opportunistic microorganisms. However, sometimes vaginitis arise as a result of the burn of the vagina, the aggressive impact of different chemicals, local allergic reactions of the organism or the penetration of a foreign body.

The cause of infectious vaginitis can be a variety of bacteria: streptococci, staphylococci, mycoplasma, fungi, and many others. Some are by their nature, are aggressive to humans, others are part of the microflora of the vagina and not cause any inflammatory changes until at least until some negative shift in the immunity of women. Call such a shift may be unhealthy lifestyle (smoking and alcohol abuse, poor diet), uncontrolled hormonal therapy, constant fatigue, nervous strain, etc. Vaginitis may contribute to the emergence of other infectious diseases, and menopause. And antibiotics can affect the ratio of populations of microflora in the vaginal environment that allow opportunistic microorganisms show their activity and cause disease.

The main symptoms of vaginitis - a feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen, itching or burning sensation in the area of the external genitalia, the allocation of them. Unpleasant sensations can be amplified when passing urine. Pain is also aggravated during sexual intercourse, for this reason, they sometimes become impossible. For menopausal vaginitis often characteristic appearance of bleeding. This is due to thinning of vaginal mucous cover, thus it is easy to trauma.

The above symptoms characteristic of acute vaginitis. If the disease becomes chronic, it is often asymptomatic, only occasionally become accentuated with the supercooling, after stress, infectious contamination, etc.

Diagnosis of vaginitis is based both on clinical manifestations, and the results of laboratory studies. The external examination marked edema and hyperemia (redness) of mucous membranes of the vagina, sometimes with foci of hemorrhage point. By the nature of precipitates can be pre-judged on the pathogenic organisms. Thus, a large number of foamy discharge with an admixture of pus indicates trihomonoznom vaginitis, while thick curdled whites are characteristic of fungal vaginitis. To detect the pathogen by laboratory methods mikroskopiruyut swab from the vagina. If there are certain assumptions about the bacteria, the swab can be painted the appropriate dye. Even more accurate data provide such methods of identifying the causative agent, as the crops on specific nutrient media, with further study under the microscope, PCR reaction and direct immunofluorescence.

Before treatment is extremely important to determine the cause of the disease. If you were able to establish the nature of infectious vaginitis, be sure to see "in person" and of the parasite to know with whom and how to fight. To conduct this test on the sensitivity of the microorganism to the antibiotic. To this end, laboratory dishes with the same nutrient media after pre-seeding of the test agent is applied solutions of different antibiotics. After some time, evaluate the results: a cup of the growth of the pathogen colonies expressed the least (ideally should be a complete lack of growth), the antibiotic and should be treated.

If the necessary douching with antiseptics, and at their end - binders. Very useful for irrigation or bath of chamomile or lactic acid, spark plugs, or with the appropriate antibiotics. Also doctor may prescribe physiotherapy procedures. At the same time to increase the immunity being restorative therapy.

The principles of prevention is personal hygiene and activities medical type is generall nature.