Challenging Vaginal Discharge, Lactobacillosis and Cytolytic Vaginitis.

In women's health, clinicians are often faced with diagnosing and administering treatment to patients who present with an increased vaginal discharge without much other information to work with. It's only once a patient's background is reviewed and lab work is completed that two common reasons behind vaginal discharge with similar symptoms, Lactobacillosis and Cytolytic Vaginitis, can be differentiated and a proper diagnosis can be reached. Now, we understand that Lactobacillosis and Cytolytic Vaginitis are symptomatically confused by patients as well as inexperienced clinicians.

and Cytokine Modifications during Menopause and Their Relation to Vulvar and Vulvovaginal Disorders.

Objectives: Female sexual and reproductive health is heavily influenced by the levels and ratios of species and vaginal cytokines. Menopause marks a profound body change as it shifts to a natural and permanent non-reproductive state. Vulvovaginal diseases encompass a broad variety of sexual health conditions.