introduction foreign body insertion is a common and important cause of pre-pubertal vaginal bleeding. case presentation we present a three-year-old girl who referred to our clinic with abnormal vaginal bleeding without any other symptoms. the primary assessment revealed a radio-opaque round solid mass in the pelvic cavity. following vaginoscopy, the button battery was finally removed under gene...

conclusions the clinicians should always think of foreign bodies in the vagina in cases of chronic, antibiotic resistant vaginal discharge and lower abdominal pain especially in young girls. introduction foreign body in the vagina is a common cause of vaginal discharge, which may be either purulent or hemorrhagic. case presentation this problem may produce symptoms or be asymptomatic for long p...

To determine the effect of Zataria multiflora vaginal cream in signs & symptoms of Candida vaginits. A randomized, double-blind clinical trial was performed comparing one applicator of Zataria multiflora vaginal cream with one applicator of Clotrimazole vaginal cream at night for a week. 61 women with candida vaginitis were enrolled. 30 of 62 women treated with Zataria multiflora vaginal cream ...

Kunovac Kallak, T. 2015. Hormonal Regulation of Vaginal Mucosa. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1076. 65 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9181-9. Vaginal atrophy symptoms such as dryness, irritation, and itching, are common after menopause. Vaginal estrogen therapy is the most effective treatment but not appropria...

Editor I was indeed surprise to read in Dr Ravindran's article' that only 95 out of 707 cases of hysterectomies carried out in the 14 government hospitals in his study were vaginal hysterectomies. This is very worrying because vaginal hysterectomy is now recognised as the treatment of choice over abdominal hysterectomy. Most hysterectomies can be carried out via the vaginal route. The extremely...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and complicated vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) are frequently occurring vaginal infections in postmenopausal women, caused by an imbalance in vaginal microflora. Postmenopausal women suffer from decreased ovarian hormones estrogen and progesterone. A normal, healthy vaginal microflora mainly comprises Lactobacillus species (spp.), which act beneficially as a bacterial b...

OBJECTIVE Vaginal cancer is an uncommon cancer of the lower genital tract, and standardized screening is not recommended. Risk factors for vaginal cancer include a history of other lower genital tract neoplasia or cancer, smoking, immunosuppression, and exposure to diethylstilbestrol in utero. Although cervical cancer screening after total hysterectomy for benign disease is not recommended, man...

BACKGROUND To evaluate associations between alterations in vaginal flora and clinical symptoms in low-risk pregnant women. METHODS Vaginal specimens from 245 pregnant women were analyzed by microscopy for vaginal flora. Signs and symptoms of vaginal infection were determined by patient interviews and gynecologic examinations. RESULTS Abnormal vaginal flora was identified in 45.7% of the sub...

OBJECTIVE To compare vaginal anatomy and sexual function after the conventional posterior and anterior sacrospinous vault suspension. METHODS A retrospective repeated measures cohort study included all 168 consecutive sacrospinous vault suspension procedures between July 1990 and February 1997. The posterior suspension (n = 92) used a posterior vaginal incision and pararectal dissection. Ante...

BACKGROUND Oral and vaginal preparations of tenofovir as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have demonstrated variable efficacy in men and women prompting assessment of variation in drug concentration as an explanation. Knowledge of tenofovir concentration and its active form, tenofovir diphosphate, at the putative vaginal and rectal site of action ...