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Health Check: what is normal vaginal discharge and what's not?

  • Written by: Melissa Kang, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
imageFrom a woman’s first periods until menopause, menstrual hormones drive her vaginal discharge.Annette Shaff/Shutterstock

V-juice, vovey-goo, vu-dew… there are many ways to describe the natural fluid that comes out of the vagina. It varies in consistency, texture, smell, taste and volume in the same woman from day to day, week to week,...

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