Vaginitis: Encyclopedia II - Vaginitis - Causes

Vaginitis - Causes

The color may be predictive of the causative agent. (ICD-10 codes for causative agents listed below.)

• (B37) Candida Vaginitis Candidiasis usually causes a watery, white, cottage cheese like vaginal discharge. The discharge is irritating to the vagina and the surrounding skin.

• (N952) Atrophic vaginitis (or "Senile Vaginitis") usually causes scant vaginal discharge with no odour, dry vagina and painful intercourse. These symptoms are usually due to decreased hormones usually occurring during and after menopause.

• (B963) Bacterial Vaginitis Gardnerella usually causes a discharge with a fish-like odour. You may feel itching and irritation, but no pain with intercourse.

• (A590) Trichonomas Vaginitis Trichomonas vaginalis usually causes a profuse discharge with a fish-like odour, pain upon urination, painful intercourse, and inflammation of the external genitals.

• (A600) Herpes usually occurs as water blisters on the genital region, about one week after infection. There is tenderness, swollen glands, and fever. The water blisters are extremely painful and heal in about three weeks.

Women who have diabetes frequently develop vaginitis, often Candida Candida albicans more often than women who do not.

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