Nutrition (Vaginitis Topic)

Module 06 Project Assignment

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I plan to use these sources to define vaginitis and the different types. Also, I plan to explain how nutrition is linked to the formation of vaginitis.

Bacterial vaginosis: A Primer for Clinicians.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV), which is a type of vaginitis, and can lead to serious health problems. It is a prevalent disease among women and affects over half of the woman population in the US. This article explains bacterial vaginosis, its symptoms and new techniques that will help test for its existence. The difference between bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis is that in BV there is no inflammation. It also reviews what treatment, and counselling there is available. It suggests that antibiotics and correct hygiene practices are also treatment considerations that women should abide by in order to treat and prevent the reoccurance of bacterial vaginosis. This article is comprehensive when it comes to the explanation of BV but it is limited in the sense that it does not look into the other types of vaginitis that exist.

Noncandidal vaginitis: a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and management.

This article highlights that the most common reason for women to visit a gynocologist is because of vaginitis. Yet, women often experience a recurrence of this disease despite the fact of receiving treatment. The article explains 3 common types of vaginitis that affect about 70% of women with such cases and even other vaginitis cases that affect the remaining 30%. The objective is to describe acute non-candidal causes of vaginitis that is recurrent and how diagnosis and treatment can be m0ore effective and efficient. The article also presents that vaginitis can be diagnosed in 2 ways with are inflammatory or non-inflammatory vaginitis. Purulent discharge, irritation and polymorphonuclear neutrophils suggest a path to inflammation. There are sections explaining symptoms, examination findings, diagnostic testing and ways for treatment. This article does justice to the different types of vaginitis diseases that exist. Nutrition is also discussed briefly in this article.

Vaginitis and Vulvar Conditions

This article also explains the 3 most common types of vaginitis and goes on to clarify that if vaginal discharge is present, it does not mean that it is necessarily vaginitis. It could well be cervicitis, physiologic discharge, or pelvic inflammatory disease. The article explains that clinical assessment should include information about a woman’s medical history, exams, vaginal pH assessment, whiff test, microscopy and point-of-care testing for the 3 common infectious causes. Therefore, vaginitis is looked at comprehensively in the clinic. There is emphasis on recurring vaginitis such as bacterial vaginosis and yeast vaginitis. Here contributing factors are looked into. Additional information about the origin of discharge and the symptoms can lead to conditions such as primary vulvar. A comprehensive article, but it does not contain link between vaginitis and nutrition. However, it is useful when it comes to explaining the different types of vaginitis.

dyspareunia, dysuria, or rarely with bleeding or a palpable mass. Primary vulvar conditions include contact and allergic dermatitis, chronic vulvar dermatoses, vulvar malignancies, and vulvodynia.

Bibliography

Neal, C. M., Kus, L. H., Eckert, L. O., & Peipert, J. F. (2019). Noncandidal vaginitis: a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2019.09.001

Reiter, S., & Spadt, S. K. (2019). Bacterial vaginosis: a primer for clinicians. Postgraduate Medicine, 131, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.2019.1546534

Shroff, S., & Ryden, J. (2020). Vaginitis and Vulvar Conditions. In Sex- and Gender-Based Women’s Health (pp. 165–186). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50695-7_12