Vaginal Infection

Vaginal discharge can be normal or “physiologic”.  The discharge is the gooey or watery fluid that comes out of our vagina without any effort or provocation.  It is a normal cleansing of the vagina area and once it has been on our underwear, it can turn into a yellowy or white“snot” color.  

Vaginal discharge can also be abnormal and that is the result of a vaginal infection or a foreign object like a retained tampon.  Infections of the vagina can be divided into non-sexually transmitted and sexually transmitted infections.

Non-sexually transmitted vaginal infections include the following:  foreign objects in the vagina (tissue paper, retained tampon), yeast vaginitis and bacterial vaginosis.