Comparison of characteristics of vaginal discharge (candida (thrush) versus bacterial vaginosis (BV)  versus trichomoniasis)

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FSRH and BASHH Guidance (February 2012) Management of Vaginal Discharge in Non-Genitourinary Medicine Settings.

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Sign/Symptom	Bacterial Vaginosis	Candida	Trichomoniasis
Discharge	Thin	Thin White	Scanty to profuse
Odour	Offensive/fishy	Non-offensive	Offensive
Itch	none	vulval itch	vulval itch
Other possible symptoms		Soreness; Dysuria;Superficial dyspareunia	Dysuria; lower abdominal pain
Visible signs	Discharge coating the vagina and vestibule; No vulval inflammation	Normal findings OR Vulval erythema; Oedema; fissuring; satellite lesions	Frothy yellow discharge; vulvitis; vaginitis; cervicitis; 'Strawberry cervix' (ectocervix sometimes resembles the surface of a strawberry)
Point-of-care test: vaginal pH	> 4.5 pH	<= 4.5	>4.5

Comparison of characteristics of vaginal discharge (candida (thrush) versus bacterial vaginosis (BV) versus trichomoniasis)

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