Leukorrhea is a white discharge that comes out of a woman’s vagina. It is considered normal and healthy because it is a natural way of vagina shedding its cells and fluids. Moreover, it carries out all the germs and bacteria from the vagina and helps keep the vagina clean and infection-free.
What’s not healthy is if leukorrhea (vaginal discharge) changes its consistency and color. Because this change is often an indication that something may be wrong within a woman’s body.
If you are suffering from leucorrhoea or vaginal discharge that doesn’t look clear, whitish, and odorless then you should consult your gynaecologist and get yourself evaluated.
What are the causes of leukorrhea?
If you start seeing white discharge (leukorrhea) that is thin, slippery, stretchy and odorless right before your period begins then it is a normal part of your menstrual cycle. It isn’t indicating any abnormality but it is just a way of your vagina to shed its cells and fluids.
leukorrhea or white discharge is also considered an early sign of pregnancy. You may not be able to identify the difference between normal discharge and discharge from pregnancy since it is only slightly thicker than your normal discharge.
Birth control pills may imbalance your hormonal levels which leads to leukorrhea or white discharge from the vagina. If this discharge makes you feel uncomfortable then you should see a gynaecologist and change your contraceptive method.