What does it mean when you have white clumpy discharge?
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What does it mean when you have white clumpy discharge?
Yeast infections often cause thick, white, clumpy vaginal discharge that usually doesn’t smell (or only smells slightly different than normal). You might also have a creamy, whitish coating in and around your vagina. Most yeast infections lead to itching, burning, and/or redness in or around the vagina.
What does creamy white discharge mean?
Some people describe this discharge as an “egg white” consistency. This thinner discharge is a sign that you’re preparing for ovulation. It’s completely normal. As you get closer to your period, the discharge may become thicker and more opaque. This milky white discharge may also be a sign that you’re pregnant.
Does clumpy discharge always mean yeast infection?
It’s often thick, white and clumpy like cottage cheese. It doesn’t seem normal, and it usually comes along with other yeast infection symptoms like itching, soreness, irritation and burning. Those symptoms, along with the tell-tale clumpy discharge, can indicate that you may have a vaginal yeast infection.
What does cottage cheese discharge look like?
Discharge from a yeast infection is thick and white and is often described as looking like cottage cheese. Yeast infections also usually cause itching and burning in your vagina and vulva. Bacterial vaginosis: Bacterial vaginosis is an infection that occurs when the natural balance of bacteria in your vagina changes.
What does yeast infection discharge look like?
Vaginal yeast infections can cause: itching and irritation in the vagina. redness, swelling, or itching of the vulva (the folds of skin outside the vagina) a thick, white discharge that can look like cottage cheese and is usually odorless, although it might smell like bread or yeast.
What does a yeast infection look like?
redness, swelling, or itching of the vulva (the folds of skin outside the vagina) a thick, white discharge that can look like cottage cheese and is usually odorless, although it might smell like bread or yeast. pain or burning when urinating (peeing) or during sex.
How can you tell the difference between BV and a yeast infection?
Differences
| Bacterial vaginosis | Yeast infection |
|---|---|
| a foul-smelling, “fishy” odor | no vaginal odor |
| discomfort | pain or discomfort |
| a burning sensation when urinating | a burning sensation during intercourse or when urinating |
| vaginal itching | vaginal itching |
Why does my Come look like cottage cheese?
Smelly discharge Thrush is a yeast infection that affects both men and women, which can produce a cottage-cheese like discharge from the penis or vagina and cause irritation.
What is cottage cheese discharge?
Yeast infections produce a thick, white discharge from the vagina that can look like cottage cheese. The discharge can be watery and often has no smell. Yeast infections usually cause the vagina and vulva to become itchy and red.
Can you scrape out a yeast infection?
If a vaginal yeast infection is suspected, your health care provider will perform a pelvic exam and take a sample of the discharge from your vagina. If thrush is suspected, your health care provider will look at the infected area in the mouth and may also take a small scraping to examine under the microscope.