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Also known as Vaginal Inflammation, vagina inflammation, vaginaitis

infiammazione acuta o cronica della vagina

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name
Vaginitis
Medical condition (new).synonyms
Vulvovaginitis, vaginal infection, vaginal inflammation
Medical condition (new).field
Gynecology
Medical condition (new).symptoms
Itching, burning, pain, discharge, bad smell
Medical condition (new).causes
Infections (bacterial vaginosis, vaginal yeast infection, trichomoniasis), allergic reactions, low estrogen
Medical condition (new).diagnosis
Based on examination, measuring the pH, culturing the discharge
Medical condition (new).differential
Inflammation of the cervix, pelvic inflammatory disease, cancer, foreign bodies
Medical condition (new).treatment
Based on the cause
Medical condition (new).frequency
~33% of women (at some point)

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
disease
Image
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NCI Thesaurus ID
C26911
health specialty
gynaecology
drug or therapy used for treatment
chlorquinaldol
Commons category
Vaginitis
ICD-9-CM
616.1
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WikiProject Medicine
symptoms and signs
inflammation
ICPC 2 ID
X84
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Article · Italiano

Con il termine vaginite si indica genericamente una infiammazione acuta o cronica della vagina, parte dell'apparato genitale femminile. A seconda di dove ha origine, si può classificare in vaginite primaria quando l'infiammazione ha origine nella vagina e vaginite secondaria quando l'infiammazione ha origine in una sede vicina. Se l'infiammazione si estende anche alla vulva si parla più propriamente di vulvovaginite.

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