VAGINITIS CHART(S) *TYPES* *TWO HERE...

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HI all,

Thought I'd send on these two charts, about all the various kinds of vaginitis. Just FYI .

*note the pH levels here too, yeast tends to like our normal pH levels, & bacterial likes the higher pH (and lack of estrogen also causes higher pH levels) and also note the amine 'odor', (whiff test) some have none (-) and other yes (+).

Dee~

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MOST COMMON VAGINITIS

Diagnostic

Criteria

Normal

Yeast

Bacterial

V

Trichomoniasis

Atrophic

Vaginitis

DIV (desquamative inflammatory vaginitis )

Cause

Candida, albicans,tropicalis or Glabrata

Mostly anaerobic bacteria

Trichomonads

EstrogenDefficiency

Toxin producing bacteria

Microscopy

Lactobacilli

Hyphae, Budding Yeast

"Clue cells"

TrichomonadsWBC

Parabasal cells

Parabasal cells, PMNs,(Polymorpho-nuclearleukocytes)

Gram positive cocci

Discharge

White, clearFlocculent

White, curdy "Cottage Cheese like"

Whitish - Gray

Yellowish -Green, Frothy, Bubbly

Present in secondary infections

Purulent

Symptoms

Itching, Burning

MalodorousDischarge, occasional Itching

Itching, Burning on Urination,Malodorousdischarge

Dryness

Swelling,Redness,Rash

Amine odor

(-)

(-)

(+)

(+/-)

(-)

(-)

pH

4

< 4.5

> 4.5

> 4.5

4

> 4.5

Hydrogen Peroxide

(-)

(-)

(-)

(+)

(-)

(+)

2.

Diagnostic Criteria types of Vaginosis as Extrapolated from Reviewed Literature

Dee~