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Editing Article on Vaginal discharge
I and margotalbert will be editing the article on Vaginal discharge for the next 3 weeks. Please see her talk page for timeline. Here is our general outline of proposed edits and distribution of tasks.

• Vee will do intro paragraph - need good image of normal

'''Physiologic (Vee) ''' • Normal composition, amount, appearance.

Shifts in vag dc through reproductive life stages (SPLIT UP)

• childhood (Vee), adolescence / menarche, ovulatory years, pregnancy, (MARGOT) peri-menopause & menopause (Vee).

Pathologic (MARGOT)

• Infections causing changes in vaginal discharge : BV, Candida, Trich.

 Other ideas/pieces of info

• changes with birth control use?

• review article about douche-ing?

Playing around with lead paragraph
Vaginal discharge is a mixture of liquid, cells, and bacteria that lubricates the vagina. . This physiologic mixture is constantly produced by the cells of the vagina and cervix and exits the body through the vaginal opening. The composition, amount, and quality of discharge varies between individuals as well as through the various stages of sexual and reproductive development. While most discharge represents normal functioning of the body, some changes in discharge can reflect infection or other pathological processes.

VeeBabzel (talk) 02:48, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Normal physiologic discharge
Normal vaginal discharge is composed of cervical mucus, vaginal fluid, shedding vaginal and cervical cells, and bacteria.

The majority of the liquid in vaginal discharge is mucus (link) produced by the cervix. The rest is made up of transudate (link) from the vaginal walls and secretions from glands (Skene (link) and Bartholin (link). The solid components are exfoliated epithelial cells (link) from the vaginal wall and cervix, and commensal bacteria. The normal composition of bacteria in the vagina (vaginal flora) can vary depending on an individual's blah blah blah and blah**** (ref review article about vag microbiota), but is most commonly dominated by lactobacilli (link).

A typical reproductive-age woman produces x-2 tablespoons of discharge per day.

Physiologic vaginal discharge is clear or white, clumpy and does not have a strong odor. 