Non-infectious causes
A non-infective vaginal discharge may occur secondary to:
- physiological vaginal discharge
- atrophic change:
- prepubertal
- postmenopausal
- a foreign body:
- any small object in a child
- forgotten tampon in an adult; also more bizarre objects
- forgotten ring pessary in a post-menopausal women
- chemical irritation
- excretions:
- urine from a vesico-vaginal fistula
- faeces from a recto-vaginal fistula
- serosanguinous discharge:
- from carcinoma in the vagina, cervix, endometrium or rarely, the fallopian tubes
- from a necrotic polyp - fibroid or cervical polyp
Reference
- Paladine HL, Desai UA. Vaginitis: Diagnosis and Treatment. Am Fam Physician. 2018 Mar 1;97(5):321-329.
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