vaginitis
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Vaginitis, also known as vulvovaginitis, is inflammation of the vagina and vulva. Symptoms may include itching, burning, pain, discharge, and a bad smell. Certain types of vaginitis may result in complications during pregnancy.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Vaginitis
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Vulvovaginitis, vaginal infection, vaginal inflammation
- Medical condition (new).field
- Gynecology
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Itching, burning, pain, discharge, bad smell
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Infections (bacterial vaginosis, vaginal yeast infection, trichomoniasis), allergic reactions, low estrogen
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Based on examination, measuring the pH, culturing the discharge
- Medical condition (new).differential
- Inflammation of the cervix, pelvic inflammatory disease, cancer, foreign bodies
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Based on the cause
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- ~33% of women (at some point)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Vaginitis.png
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26911
- health specialty
- gynaecology
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- chlorquinaldol
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0030683
- Commons category
- Vaginitis
- described at URL
- bacsisaigon.net/benh-viem-am-dao.html
- ICD-9-CM
- 616.1
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- symptoms and signs
- inflammation
- ICPC 2 ID
- X84
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Complications
- Causes
- Infection
- Hormonal
- Irritation/allergy
- Diagnosis
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Aerobic vaginitis
- Mixed infectious vaginitis
- In children
- See also
- References
Vaginitis, also known as vulvovaginitis, is inflammation of the vagina and vulva. Symptoms may include itching, burning, pain, discharge, and a bad smell. Certain types of vaginitis may result in complications during pregnancy.
The three main causes are infections, specifically bacterial vaginosis, vaginal yeast infection, and trichomoniasis. Other causes include allergies to substances such as spermicides or soaps or as a result of low estrogen levels during breast-feeding or after menopause. More than one cause may exist at a time. The common causes vary by age. Prepubescent girls are often at risk for development of vulvovaginitis because of low amounts of estrogen and an underdeveloped labia minora.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vaginitis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.