Discharge from the genital tract is usually very disturbing for women. Representatives of the weaker sex immediately suspect that they have an infection or inflammation, and therefore they immediately go to a consultation with their gynecologist.
Meanwhile, few women know that the presence of secretions (or whites) from the genital tract of a woman does not always indicate a disease. Leak in the vagina of a healthy woman is quite a physiological phenomenon. However, it is necessary to pay attention to their nature and color, since some discharge is a symptom of infection or inflammation of the female genital organs. If you are concerned about white discharge without an odor, there may be several reasons, and they are not always pathological.
When is the norm?
In healthy women appear whitish-transparent mucous discharge without smell. Their number is insignificant: they can leave on the stain a spot no more than 3-5 cm in diameter. The smell may be absent or be slightly noticeable, slightly acidic. These whites do not irritate the mucous membranes of the external genitalia and skin. Such natural secretions are not of an infectious nature, since they are a product of the secretion of glands located on the cervix of the uterus. The main function of white whites is the purification of the genital tract (the walls of the uterus and the vagina itself) from pathogens and epithelial cells. Thanks to this pathogens of many infections are washed away naturally.
Meanwhile, the consistency of normal secretions varies depending on the phase of the menstrual cycle. So, for example, there are a small amount of whitish discharge after monthly odorless (on the laundry there is usually a spot of 1-2 cm in diameter).
By the middle of the cycle, the woman discovers a thick white discharge without smell, which leave on the panties spots up to 5-6 cm in diameter. Such leucorrhoea usually indicates the onset of ovulation, that is, the maturation of the egg and its progression through the fallopian tubes. At the same time, for about 5-7 days, the woman has a clear discharge without a smell, reminiscent of its consistency of egg white. The mucous nature of these leukocytes is explained by the "help" of the body to the spermatozoa in the passage to the female reproductive cell.
In the third phase of the menstrual cycle, a white, creamy, odorless discharge appears in the woman - herbal precursors. They are moderately abundant and liquid. Such leucorrhoea is also normal, and should not be disturbed by a palpable odor or itch.
In addition, the ladies may have a discharge that appears in certain situations, but also does not indicate a pathology. So, for example, white liquid discharge without odor after intercourse is nothing more than a natural lubricant released during excitation to facilitate the sliding of the male penis.
The increase in light whites without a smell can be associated with treatment with vaginal suppositories, tablets, use of contraceptives, stress, acclimatization.
In expectant mothers during the entire pregnancy, fluid and abundant discharge is the result of an increase in the concentration of hormones.
White discharge without odor: pathology
Women should be concerned about discharge, accompanied by an unpleasant smell, burning in the perineum or itching, because such symptoms are a consequence of sexual and genito-urinary infections. So, for example, white cheesy discharge without a smell or with an acidic odor is usually with vaginal candidiasis, or simply thrush, so familiar to almost every woman. Usually accompanied by such white discharge without the smell of pruritus intense and reddening of the external genitalia.
If you have any suspicious symptoms, you need to contact a gynecologist who will prescribe taking swabs from the vagina or a bacterial culture.