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Vaginal discharge
Alternative Names: Discharge from the vagina Home Care: To help prevent and treat vaginal discharge: Keep your genital area clean and dry. Avoid douching. While many women feel cleaner if they douche after menstruation or intercourse, it may actually worsen vaginal discharge because it removes healthy bacteria lining the vagina that are there to protect you from infection. Use an over-the-counter cream or vaginal suppository, IF you know that you have a yeast infection. Try to reduce stress. Eat yogurt with live cultures or take Lactobacillus acidophilus tablets when on antibiotics to avoid a yeast infection. Use condoms to avoid catching or spreading sexually transmitted diseases. Keep your blood sugars under good control if you have diabetes. Text Continues Below If the discharge is caused by a sexually transmitted disease, your sexual partner (or partners) must be treated as well, even if they have no symptoms. Failure of partners to accept treatment can cause continual reinfection which may lead to a serious problem like infertility. Call your health care provider if: Call your doctor right away if: Your discharge is associated with fever or pain in your pelvis or abdomen. You have been exposed to a sexual partner with gonorrhea, chlamydia, or other sexually transmitted disease. You have increased thirst or appetite, unexplained weight loss, increased urinary frequency, or fatigue -- these may be signs of diabetes. Page:  1 | 2 | 3 | Next >>