Discharge Looks Like Cottage Cheese

Yellow green or gray discharge is usually a sign of trichomonas or bacterial vaginosis.

Discharge looks like cottage cheese. It occurs in women with weak immune system and women taking antibiotics without approval by their doctors. Bacterial vaginosis also has an unusual fishy odor. In case you are noticing heavy cottage cheese discharge this could be due to a yeast infection.

A white curd like discharge that looks like cottage cheese is a classic sign of yeast infection. You develop this infection due to an overgrowth of the fungus candida. This disrupts the normal level of hormones in your body which can lead to excessive white or yellowish discharge that looks like cottage cheese.

The infection is usually associated with itchiness redness or irritation in the vaginal area. Cottage cheese like discharge is an abnormal discharge due to yeast infection. Cottage cheese like discharge is actually used often in the medical literature to describe a vaginal yeast infection.

Should i be worried about the white stuff down there. Hormonal birth controls pills patches and rings contain estrogen and progestin. The consistency of the discharge however may also vary from one woman to another.

It is possible that you still have a vaginal yeast infection even if your discharge does not look exactly like a cottage cheese discharge. Also it is possible to get cottage cheese discharge after treatment of a urinary tract infection. You will also notice some other symptoms such as soreness and itchiness around your vagina.