What causes redness, itching, and white discharge in the vagina?

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You are experiencing a concerning combination of symptoms: vaginal itching, redness, and excessive white discharge for a week. While I cannot provide a definitive diagnosis online, I can delve deeper into potential causes and offer comprehensive guidance:

The potential causes are:

1. Fungal vaginitis (Yeast infection): This common culprit often manifests with intense itching, especially around the opening of the vagina and vulva, redness and inflammation of the vaginal walls and vulva, thick, white discharge resembling cottage cheese, and mild or absent odor.

2. Bacterial vaginosis (BV): An overgrowth of bacteria disrupts the delicate balance in the vagina, leading to a fishy-smelling, thin, gray, or white discharge, itching and burning, especially after sex or intercourse, and no change in discharge color or consistency.

3. Trichomoniasis: This STI (sexually transmitted infection) transmits through sexual contact and can cause frothy, greenish-yellow discharge, intense itching and burning, pain during urination, and inflammation of the vulva and cervix.

4. Dermatitis: Irritants like harsh soaps, detergents, feminine hygiene products, tight clothing, or latex condoms can trigger itching and redness of the vulva and sometimes extend to the vagina, causing dryness, and flaking, and burning sensation.

5. Allergic Reaction: New lotions, soaps, spermicides, or latex condoms can cause itching and burning, worse after contact with the allergen, redness and inflammation, and vulva swelling.

I hope this will help you.

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