10 FAQs About Leukorrhea
What Are the Important Risk Factors for Abnormal Leukorrhea?
People who practice unprotected sex with multiple partners are at high risk of having a vaginal or cervical infection or even cervical cancer. Typical infections are trichomoniasis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Diabetes and birth control pills may make women more susceptible to yeast infections.
Antibiotics taken for another infection in the body may cause secondary yeast infections. HIV and AIDS are risk factors for repeated vaginal infections. Postmenopausal women experience drying and thinning vaginal membranes through which bacteria may enter.1’Vaginal Discharge.’ Cleveland Clinic. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/4719-vaginal-discharge
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