Why does vaginitis persist for a long time?

　　Vaginitis is a common gynecological infectious disease that brings great pain to patients due to its special itching, burning and other discomforts. What makes women even more distressed is that vaginitis always recurs.

　　Why does vaginitis persist for a long time?

　　Due to the characteristics of its anatomical structure, the vagina of a healthy woman has a natural defense function against the invasion of pathogens and does not suffer from inflammation. However, when the natural defense function of the vagina is damaged, pathogens can easily invade and cause vaginitis. There are many pathogens that cause vaginitis, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, Candida, Chlamydia, etc. The most common clinical vaginal infections are mainly bacterial vaginitis caused by a variety of bacteria, as well as infections caused by Trichomonas and Candida albicans.

　　If the cause of vaginitis is clear and treated properly, it is not a difficult disease to deal with. However, why do so many women have recurring vaginitis? This is the result of multiple factors.

　　The more common reasons are irregular medication and incomplete treatment. Generally, the treatment of vaginitis requires a certain course of treatment, and the improvement of symptoms such as itching is often obvious one or two days after taking the medication. Some patients think that they have recovered and stop taking the medication without permission, ignoring the doctor's instructions to continue taking the medication for a few days. There are also some patients who don’t care much about the re-examination after taking the medicine. In fact, vaginitis must be re-examined to determine whether it is cured.

　　Failure to remove the causative factors is also the reason for the recurrence of vaginitis. For example, trichomonas vaginitis is often transmitted through infection. If there is a history of uncleanliness or the sexual partner continues to carry the pathogen, the patient is prone to repeated infections. Taking large doses of antibiotics or suffering from diabetes can increase the chance of vaginal candidiasis. If antibiotics are not stopped or blood sugar is not well controlled, it can also cause women to suffer from recurrent vaginal candidiasis. There are also some bad hygiene habits, such as washing underwear with other clothes and drying underwear in a dark and unventilated place, which can also cause vaginitis to occur repeatedly.

　　In addition, many women do not actively go to the hospital for treatment when they experience vulvar itching and other discomforts. Instead, they trust some street doctors or go to pharmacies to buy some medicine. This is very wrong and sometimes even dangerous. There was a patient who, based on her description of the initial symptoms, was suffering from trichomonas vaginitis at best. However, she listened to the advice of quack doctors and used medication indiscriminately, causing severe vaginal burns and reinfection. By the time she went to the hospital, she was unable to cure herself.

　　In order to prevent recurrence, you should go to a professional gynecological hospital for complete treatment, follow the doctor's instructions, take medication according to the prescribed course of treatment, remove the causative factors, develop good hygiene habits, and avoid uncleanliness.