Keputihan (Flour Albus)

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Keputihan (Flour Albus) discharge from the vagina. Keputihan (Flour Albus) can happen to any woman, regardless of age. Three-quarters of women in the world is estimated to have vaginal discharge at least once in his life. Pregnant women also often experience vaginal discharge during pregnancy. Keputihan (Flour Albus) is excessive discharge from the vagina intercourse (vaginal) are sometimes accompanied by intense itching, pain, burning sensation in the genital lips, often accompanied by foul smell, and cause pain during urination or intercourse.


Keputihan (Flour Albus) could be:
a. Physiological (in normal circumstances)
In physiological circumstances, Keputihan (Flour Albus) may occur during pregnancy, before and after menstruation, when he gets sexually stimulated, while a lot of physical activity all of which pose no additional complaints such as odor, itching, and discoloration. In the new-born baby girl, in one to ten days, from the vagina can be out of fluid due to the influence of hormones produced by plasentaatau uri. Young girls sometimes also experience vaginal discharge just before puberty, usually these symptoms will disappear on its own


b. Pathologic (due to illness).
Pathological vaginal discharge caused by infection with microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and single-celled parasite Trichomonas vaginalis). Can also be caused by irritation due to various reasons such as vaginal irritation due to cleaning agents, irritation during intercourse, tampon use, and contraception. But can also be caused by foreign bodies in the hole intercourse, due to menopausal hormonal disorders, congenital abnormalities of the female genitalia, the presence of cancer or genital malignancy, especially in the cervix


Normal vaginal fluids
* clear white Colour
* When attach to clothing in bright yellow
* Consistency like mucus (thin-thick) depending on the hormonal cycle
* Odorless
* No cause complaints

Abnormal vaginal discharge
* The more number of regular and continuous up to the disturbing
* Smelling: fishy, ​​musty, rotten
* Color: white milk, dark yellow, brown, greenish, mixed with blood
* Consistency: watery, frothy until thick like sour milk clot
* Accompanied incidence of abnormalities in the genital area outside such as lumps or wounds and sores such
* Creates an itching, burning, or accompanied by pain when urinating or having sex

TREATMENT
Adjusted to the cause, which can be known from the symptoms and the microbiology laboratory
Medications such as Betadine vaginal bidder kit, intima, Dettol, which simply cleaning fluid discharge from the vagina intercourse, but does not kill germs cause.

author : dr. SISWANI, M. Kes
edited by me