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A 26-year-old woman sought medical care after noticing a bloody discharge on her nipple — but said her doctor told her it was just a “hormonal imbalance.”
Coagulopathies (blood clotting disorders): Heavy menstrual bleeding can be related to coagulopathies. [23] Von Willebrand disease is the most common coagulopathy, and most women with von Willebrand disease have heavy menstrual bleeding. [23] Of women with heavy menstrual bleeding, up to 20% will have a bleeding disorder. [24]
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) usually presents with abnormal findings on mammography, but can less frequently present with a lump or nipple discharge in women, [12] whereas in men with DCIS, nipple discharge is the common presentation. [13] Infection in a breast, either mastitis or breast abscess may cause a discharge.
The majority of the discharge pools in the deepest portion of the vagina (the posterior fornix) [3] and exits the body over the course of a day with the force of gravity. [1] [4] A typical reproductive-age woman produces 1.5 grams (half to one teaspoon) of vaginal discharge every day. [1]
We talked to OBGYN Dr. Lakeisha Richardson about the different types of vaginal discharge and what they mean.
“Most women or people with vaginas do have discharge from the vagina,” Dr. Alyssa Dweck, a New York-based gynecologist and co-author of The Complete A to Z for Your V, tells Yahoo Life. She ...
As a result, VIP induces an increase in vaginal blood flow accompanied by an increase in vaginal lubrication. The findings suggest that VIP may participate in the control of the local physiological changes observed during sexual arousal: genital vasodilation and increase in vaginal lubrication. [5] Neuropeptide Y is also involved in producing ...
A pelvic examination is the physical examination of the external and internal female pelvic organs. [1] It is frequently used in gynecology for the evaluation of symptoms affecting the female reproductive and urinary tract, such as pain, bleeding, discharge, urinary incontinence, or trauma (e.g. sexual assault).