REVIEW ARTICLE ON VAGINAL INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES
*Vd. Arun A. Shinde and Vd. Soudamini S. Chaudhari
ABSTRACT
Vulvo-vaginal infection includes vulval or vaginal itching with rashes,
white discharge and may be associated with burning micturition. It is
mainly caused by abnormal growth of fungus or bacteria. The female
with diabetes mellitus (DM) are more prone to the fungal growth,
which leads to infection. Most women have yeast organisms as part of
their normal flora. An increased level of blood sugar in diabetes affects
the entire body and also appears in the mucus of the vagina & vulva
and yeast gets energy from sugar, so an environment that is moist with
sugar, yeast may overgrow. People who don’t keep good control of
their blood sugar may develop complications related to the constantly
high levels. When a review was taken of 45 patients of vaginal
infection, out of that 16 patients were diabetic i.e. approx. 35%. It is found that diabetic
women’s needed longer treatment than non-diabetic. Treatment includes yonidhawan with
Triphaka kwatha and yonipichu & Pratisaran with yashtimadhu ghrita, which having good
cleansing and healing property.
Keywords: Diabetes, Yonodhawan, Yonipichu, Yoni-pratisaran.
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