Keputihan merupakan masalah kesehatan reproduksi yang umum terjadi pada remaja perempuan, termasuk mahasiswi. Keputihan abnormal dapat meningkatkan risiko kanker serviks apabila tidak ditangani dengan tepat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan kejadian keputihan pada mahasiswi Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Sriwijaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis kuantitatif pend…
Adolescent knowledge about reproductive health is still lacking, namely in Indonesia, around 75% of women have experienced vaginal discharge at least once in their lives. The prevalence of vaginal discharge continues to increase, with 45% of them experiencing vaginal discharge more than once. The impacts caused by vaginal discharge can have negative consequences, such as infertility, endometrit…
Vaginal discharge (flour albus) is one of the reproductive health problems that commonly occurs in adolescent girls. Lack of knowledge about vaginal discharge can cause adolescent girls to ignore signs of reproductive health disorders, to increase knowledge, health education is needed with interesting methods such as using Puzzleflais and Booklet media. This study aims to determine the effect o…
Pathological vaginal discharge is a condition in which the fluid discharged from the vagina undergoes changes in colour, odour, texture, or volume. Approximately 75% of women worldwide have experienced vaginal discharge at least once in their lifetime. Previous research suggests that knowledge, attitude, personal hygiene behaviour, stress, and physical activity may be risk factors for pathologi…
One of the health problems in female reproductionis leukorrhea. The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between knowledge, attitude and personal hygiene behaviour with the incidence of leukorrhea among female students of the Faculty of Public Health, Sriwijaya University in 2023. This study used a cross- sectional research design with104 respondents and the sampling technique …
Background: Leukorrhea, also known as fluor albus, vaginal discharge, or vaginal discharge, is an abnormal vaginal discharge that is non-hemorrhagic and not caused by a neoplasm or systemic disease. Data from the WHO reports that 75% of women worldwide experience leukorrhea at least once in their lifetime. Leukorrhea can be physiological and pathological. Physiological leukorrhea is usually cle…
Background: Vaginal discharge or fluor albus or leucorhea is a condition in which fluids other than blood flow through the vagina, can be smelly or not that can be accompanied by itching around it. One common cause of leucorhea is vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). VVC is a lower reproductive tract mucosal infection caused by the pathogen fungus, Candida. The use of hormonal contraception is one o…
Vaginal discharge is the second most common reproductive health condition in adolescent girls, behind menstrual disorders. Vaginal discharge is something that many young women in Indonesia view as normal and inconsequential. Inadequate information regarding vaginal discharge can lead to pathological discharge, hence efforts must be made to raise adolescent girls' awareness to address vaginal di…
Pathological vaginal discharge is abnormal excessive vaginal discharge from the female genital tract accompanied by odor, pain and itching. One of the risk factors that can cause pathological vaginal discharge in adolescent girls is poor vaginal hygiene behavior. Based on age, high school students are in the category of middle teens, where at this time young women have less knowledge about geni…
Background. Vaginal discharge is excessive vaginal secretion from the vulva or excessive fluid from the vagina that is not blood. Vaginal discharge consists of two types, namely physiological and pathological. In physiological, vaginal discharge is characterized by clear vaginal secretion sometimes white, thick, odorless, itchy, and painless. While in pathological, vaginal discharge is obtained…