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What is Female Discharge?
Hi there! My question to you is, do you know and understand what female discharge actually is?
I was reading through your column and saw that you have given some pretty decent advice; however, I've noticed that you seem to be lacking a little knowledge about a very important thing. Please don't take this the wrong way at all, I honestly mean no harm.
I saw that in this question, here:
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where you said:
"Now, what do you MEAN by DISCHARGE??????? <blink> <blink>
I can think of several things that would be a female discharge! If you are in your period, then you definitely should NOT be wearing a thong! Again, you do not say WHERE you are going to be wearing the thong! If you have sex, the discharge of semen????? What is more gross, wearing the WRONG garment in the wrong situation or displaying yourself with your discharge? So what is it that you are REALLY asking???????
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I then saw this question that you answered:
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...in which you answered, "I do not know where this little drop of white stuff is coming from or if you see it in the toilet water, if you can get a sample in a clean capsule or vial, then do so and bring it to the doctor's office for analysis."
I'm very concerned over your lack of this common knowledge and I want you to be able to give good advice to everyone so I thought I'd explain what the questioners are talking about in each question.
The first question was about the thong. The girl wants to wear thong panties under her jeans each day instead of regular panties. This is what a woman's typical pair of thong panties looks like:
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When a woman has a thong on, her vagina is actually pretty well covered; however, the point of the undergarment is to reveal the buttocks. The thin layer in the back usually sits between the woman's "cheeks" so that there is no visible pantyline through her tight pants. Some women are self-conscious about other people being able to see that they have panties on so they wear these to hide that fact. Those women who wear thongs still very much want to wear panties to cover their vaginal area from coming in contact with their jeans.
When the vagina comes in contact with clothing it tends to leave some fluid behind, naturally. A woman's vagina is always lubricated. The natural lubrication is there to help the vagina expel dirts that may have worked their way into the vagina or the cells in there that have naturally died from aging and needs to be expelled somewhere.
I assure you, the woman asking about a thong was in no way referring to her menstrual cycle. "Discharge" does not mean the semen seeping from the vagina after intercourse, nor does it mean her period has come and she is bleeding from her vagina. It means her body is naturally staying lubricated, as it should, and the lubrication is coming out of the vagina, as it should.
Many women have panties that have a whitened crotch area from their vagina fluids. Vaginal fluids are actually a bit acidic and can bleach out the color of undergarments. There is nothing wrong with this and it is all natural so there is no cause to be concerned when a finds some moistness in her panties.
Many women wear pantyliners each and every day to keep their undergarments from getting moist or naturally bleaching out from their vaginal fluid. Again, this is natural and there is nothing to be concerned about.
Speaking of moistness in the panties, the second question I'm referring to in this is when a girl says she has found some white "goo" in her panties and is unsure what it is and what to do. Let me assure you that there is absolutely nothing wrong with this girl's health, she is only turning into a woman.
A woman naturally released discharge (24/7) that may build up in her panties after long-wear. A woman also has varying discharge by the time of month it is in her menstrual cycle. Most women have a period (menstruation) every 28 days, so during those days of no blood, there is still fluid being expelled from the vagina--again, this natural and all women everywhere experience this.
The girl in the second question absolutely does not need to take a vial of her vaginal liquid to her doctor. There is nothing wrong with her at all actually.
Here is some information on different discharges that women experience throughout the month:
Before ovulation- There will be a small amount of clear discharge.
Closer to ovulation- Discharge is moist/sticky and is white or lightly cream colored. There is some mucus but it isn't as stretchy as it will be during ovulation.
At ovulation- There will be a lot of discharge at this point. It will be like egg whites and is stretchy. The woman is most fertile here (high risk pregnancy) and sperm entering her body at this time will be able to survive slightly longer than normal. The woman will notice this discharge lasts for a couple of days and her internal temperature will raise slightly. Ovulation is, roughly, midway through the menstrual cycle (during an average 28 day cycle, this would mean it's about day 14).
After ovulation- Discharge is sticky but not stretchy. Mostly clear and will dwindle back to the "before ovulation" state.
The only time to be concerned over discharge is if it has signs of a yeast or bacterial infection. These signs are completely different from regular discharge. Usually the discharge during an infection is white, lumpy, and thick, resembling cottage cheese:
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The vagina is usually irritated and itchy at this time too so it's usually easily diagnosed with a simple doctor's visit. Nobody EVER needs to take a sample of their fluids to a doctor because the doctor will retrieve their own sample from the patient's body.
So, in short, the first questioner was going to wear thong panties UNDER their pants so other people wouldn't see their pantylines--not to be sexual. They also were afraid their normal, every day discharge would moist the thong panties and cause discomfort so they were wondering if they could still get pantyliners for their thongs (which they can).
The second question has just realized that she is experiencing a different type of discharge--the type near ovulation. She is young and has probably not noticed this before because of her age. She does not need to be concerned, and I assure you that she is a healthy girl turning into a woman.
I hope you take no offense to this question. I was just concerned if you actually knew what the questioners were asking you. If you ever are unsure what someone is talking about then please ask me (or someone that may know) so it can be cleared up. To ask a person a question, you simply go to their column link and find the top words that say "Get Advice." That way, everything is clear and you can give helpful advice without the confusion :)
People don't take you seriously if you aren't informed ;)
Thank you for your time. (Oh, and, no, I am not a high level moderator or owner of this site. I am only a regular advicenator just like you)
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Well, I did not get into detailed explanations since I figured most of our readers understand female discharges, and no, I do not take anything wrong when someone is as polite as you are.
I would HOPE that if there is a malady in her discharge that she would do what appears to be the uncommon thing in our society today... to GO TO A DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY!!! But she was not being specific and so I gave her a generic answer. I really was not certain that she was not talking about something trivial.
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