Clinical symptoms and signs of women with mixed vaginitis
Compared with women in normal group, women in mixed vaginitis group, AV+BV group, VVC+BV group and VVC+AV group showed significant differences in symptoms and signs (P <0.05) (Table 3). There are some differences in symptoms and signs between mixed vaginitis and corresponding single vaginitis.
Compared with patients in single vaginitis group, patients in mixed vaginitis group had obvious signs of yellow discharge (77.3% vs.58.9%) and malodor (40.9% vs. 22.7%) (P <0.05). Compared with women in BV group, women in AV+BV group had obvious signs of yellow (65% vs. 33.3%) and thick discharge (35% vs.4.8%) (P <0.05). Compared with women with BV, women with VVC+BV vaginitis had obvious symptoms and signs of genital itching (72.7%vs. 19%), vaginal erythema (63.6% vs. 26.2%), yellow (81.8% vs. 33.3%), and thick discharge (45.5% vs.4.8%) (P <0.05). Compared with women with VVC, the symptoms and signs of genital burning (25% vs. 6.8%), vaginal erythema (91.7% vs. 53.4%) and yellow discharge (100% vs.64.8%) in patients with VVC+AV vaginitis are obvious (P <0.05). Compared with women with AV, the symptoms and signs of genital itching (75% vs. 6.5%), genital burning (25% vs. 0%), redness and edema vulva (50% vs. 16.1%) and vaginal erythema (91.7%vs. 38.7%) in patients with VVC+AV vaginitis are obvious (P <0.05).
It is not possible to distinguish single vaginitis from mixed vaginitis only from the symptoms and signs. Although there is a certain difference in symptoms and signs between the two, it is not sufficient as a specific indicator to distinguish the two. Such as yellow discharge or vaginal erythema is not unique to a certain vaginitis.