Leucorrhoea Causes and Treatment

By: Dr (Hakeem) Aslam Javed

Every woman has periodically some vaginal discharges, which maintaining chemical balance and the flexibility of vaginal muscles, serve as normal defensive system for vagina. If such discharges exceed normalcy and become whitish or yellowish thick liquid with a foul smell, it is called Leucorrhoea that may be a sign of infection or cancer.

The major cause of leucorrhoea is hormonal imbalance especially of estrogen. Estrogen is a female hormone which controls various body functions. Hormonal imbalance may lead to sterility. Leucorrhoea creates no problem in conception but its causes do. You need to consult any expert herbalist or traditional physicianbecause its complete treatment is offered only in Unanipathy or homeopathy.

Leucorrhoea commonly known as whites refers to a whitish discharge from the female genitals, a disease related to female reproductive organ. In Sanskrit language it is called shuwetapradra, a combination of two words. Shuweta means white and pradra means discharge.

Leucorrhoea is generally defined as white fluid discharged from female genital. Sometime it flows as liquid and sometime it is sticky and thick. Its property changes according to the age of women or when they travel too much. Vaginal discharges to a certain extent are normal and healthy as they flush out the dead cells of reproductive organs and other toxic organisms. Discharge is whitish in colour in healthy women. If it is thick, sticky, white and inflammatory, medical check-up is required. With symptoms perceivable and discharge abnormal, if there is profuse and unstoppable discharge which requires pad or it is not white but gray-white, yellow, green, brown or rust-like in colour and causes itching, it is a critical condition which necessitates serious treatment.

Symptoms

• Infection through mildew. Any fungus like yeast infects reproductive organs and causes Leucorrhoea. If it is because of fungus, discharge will be thick white with itching in vagina. This kind of discharge is called vaginal mildew.
• Some sexually transmittable diseases cause Leucorrhoea. One of them is Trichomoniasis which makes discharge greenish or yellow.
• Dirty toilet also causes Leucorrhoea. Common usage of tools pertaining to toilet and particularly public toilet infects female sexual organs and finally leads to Leucorrhoea. The disease seen in women who excessively use medicine for sexual organ.
• Problems related to last narrow part of womb: blister or swelling at the head ofwomb also causes Leucorrhoea. In that case discharge is more profuse than during sexual intercourse. It is gray in colour and looks like coagulated blood.
• Inflammation in below abdomen: Infection in below abdomen which contains sexual and reproductive organs may cause inflammation leading to Leucorrhoea.
• Various illnesses: women suffering from various diseases like tuberculosis and anaemia get their discharge increased to greater extent. The problem is in women who have weak immune system or take diet lacking nutritive properties.
• Stress or depression: to some level there are psychological factors causing the disease. Women too much under pressure or depressed may be afflicted with the disease. Sometime come to clinic too frightened as they say that their bones are decaying.