Vaginal discharge EXAM QUESTIONS AND

Vaginal discharge EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score (Newest 2025) Causes of vaginal discharge - Correct Answers ✅Non-

infective:

• physiological
• sexual arousal
• cervical polyps and ectropion
• foreign bodies e.g. forgotten tampon, chemical irritants, ring

pessary

• vulval dermatitis
• erosive lichen planus
• endometriosis
• atrophic vaginitis
• cervical/endometrial/ovarian cancer
• fistulae

Non-sexually transmitted infection:

• bacterial vaginosis
• candida
• symptomatic beta-haemolytic strep. infection/carriage)

STIs:

• chlamydia
• gonorrhoea
• trichomonas vaginalis 1 / 2

Vaginal discharge EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score (Newest 2025) Vaginal infections causing vaginal discharge - Correct Answers ✅Bacterial vaginosis.Candida.Trichomonas vaginalis.Herpes simplex.Symptomatic beta-haemolytic strep. infection/carriage.Cervical infections causing vaginal discharge - Correct Answers ✅Chlamydia.Gonorrhoea.Vaginal discharge in newborn infants - Correct Answers ✅Newborn infants may have a small amount of vaginal discharge, sometimes mixed in with a little blood, due to high levels of circulating maternal oestrogen.This should disappear by 2 weeks of age.Normal physiological vaginal discharge in the reproductive years - Correct Answers ✅White/clear, non-offensive.Varies with menstrual cycle - increases mid-cycle at time of ovulation.At menopause, the normal amount of vaginal discharge decreases as oestrogen levels fall.

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