Symptoms of leucorrhea in menopause

When women reach menopause, they will show a variety of symptoms, especially in terms of leucorrhea, which will also undergo certain changes. For example, during menopause, leucorrhea will gradually decrease. This is mainly due to ovarian dysfunction, which leads to hormone secretion. In addition, leucorrhea is transparent and thin. After entering menopause, in addition to changes in leucorrhea, there will also be great changes in psychological and emotional aspects.

Symptoms of leucorrhea in menopause

Generally, women still have leucorrhea after menopause, but it is less. Menopause is caused by the decline of ovarian function and the cessation of female hormone secretion. The female hormones in the body decrease significantly, resulting in the disappearance of cyclical changes in other parts of the genitals. The secretion of cervical mucus increases when the female estrogen level increases, making the leucorrhea transparent and thin. After menopause, the female hormone decreases or even stops secreting, which significantly reduces the cervical secretion. Therefore, if postmenopausal women do not take any hormone replacement drugs, they will still have leucorrhea, but it will be significantly less.

Generally speaking, after women enter menopause, due to the decrease in sex hormone levels in the body, vaginal secretions usually decrease and lubrication decreases. However, if the amount of leucorrhea increases after menopause, is sticky and has no odor, is light yellow in color, or contains blood, it is often caused by senile vaginitis. You need to be vigilant and look for the cause immediately.

Common causes of increased vaginal discharge after menopause

Senile vaginitis: After menopause, the vaginal mucosa becomes thinner, and its ability to resist infection and friction is greatly reduced, so it is very susceptible to infection by pathogenic bacteria. When the amount of leucorrhea increases and is accompanied by local itching, burning sensation, or even local tenderness, it often indicates senile vaginitis. A small amount of estrogen should be added locally on the basis of anti-inflammatory treatment for better results.

Abnormal estrogen in the body: When the vaginal mucosa proliferates after menopause and leucorrhea appears like that during the childbearing age, it often indicates the presence of estrogen in the body. Clinically, it is occasionally found that ovarian follicles grow again and secrete estrogen after menopause. But we should also pay attention to the fact that some ovarian tumors and adrenal tumors also secrete hormones, which are medically called functional tumors. Hormone levels should be measured, and necessary tests should be done to remove the tumor.

Drug factors: With the improvement of living standards, the elderly use more tonic products. Many longevity and nutritional medicines contain hormone components. Tonic Chinese medicines often contain a large amount of exoneral drugs, all of which can cause an increase in leucorrhea. With the popularization of scientific knowledge, many elderly people use lubricants topically during their sexual life. The drugs can cause local mucosal hyperplasia and increase leucorrhea. Of course, the increase is not too much and will disappear after stopping the medication. In short, the increase in leucorrhea after menopause is mostly related to too little or too much sex hormones. It is important to have a gynecological examination to confirm whether there is a tumor.

Gynecological tumors: Gynecological tumors should be considered when watery, bloody or purulent leucorrhea is not effectively treated with symptomatic treatment. Gynecological examination can directly understand the condition of the vagina and cervix, and if necessary, scraping, suction and cervical biopsy can be performed to assist in diagnosis.

Menopause is a process that every woman will go through. Various menopausal syndromes are very painful for women. Therefore, women must pay attention to conditioning and maintain a good mood during menopause.