No matter how strange it may seem, but discharge in girls, even newborns, is normal. As a rule, they are odorless, liquid and have a whitish color. Babies who are a few days old may even have brown or bloody discharge. There is no need to be afraid of this. This is the result of the hormone estrogen entering the girl's blood during fetal development. After birth, the uterus begins to react to it. Usually, the discharge is extremely scarce and disappears after a short time.
The discharge from girls in adolescence is considered a variant of the norm. They should be transparent and not abundant. No specific odor should be detected. At the age of 11-15 years, girls begin intensive preparation for the first menstruation. Luteinizing hormone is produced in large quantities. This provokes the production of "whiter".
So why does a girl have white discharge at the age of 5-10 years, and sometimes even earlier? In fact, there can be many reasons for this. Discharge is not considered pathological if:
- there is a tendency tooverweight;
- the child experienced a stressful situation;
- circulatory failure is detected;
- the girl has an atopic condition;
- has a tendency to allergies;
- due to long-term use of antibiotics, the balance of the vaginal microflora was disturbed;
- the mode and nature of food has changed;
- reduced immunity.
No need to panic if the discharge is the result of one of these reasons. After its elimination, they pass by themselves.
It is a completely different case if the discharge from girls has an unpleasant odor and is yellow or even greenish in color. This is direct evidence that the child is developing a disease. Most often, after all the tests, the diagnosis is "vulvitis" or "vulvovaginitis". Although these similar diseases are related to gynecological diseases, they should not be confused with venereal diseases. These are inflammations of the mucous membrane of the vulva. In many cases, the disease does not even affect the vagina. Therefore, there is no reason to be afraid to go to the pediatric gynecologist.
Vulvitis develops for various reasons:
- due to the excessive sensitivity of the baby's skin to hygiene products (soap, shampoo, sometimes creams);
- due to small particles of dirt or accumulation of dead skin cells;
- the cause may be irritation from the fabric when swaddling or from the powder with which diapers are washed;
- thick dark yellow discharge in girls, similar tomucus, may indicate a foreign object inside the vagina;
- if, in addition to the discharge, there is itching in the perineum, which intensifies at night, then these are probably symptoms of the presence of pinworms.
There are a lot of answers to the question of why the girl has discharge. To find out for sure, you need to contact your pediatrician. Especially in cases where there is a suspicion that the child, while playing, has placed a foreign object in the vagina, or if there are signs of helminth infection. The presence of a serious infection will be indicated by thick, profuse discharge with a sharp unpleasant odor.
