The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of low molecular weight hyaluronic acid oral tablets for the treatment of atrophic vaginitis. 12 women with atrophic vaginitis were recruited for this double blind, placebo-controlled study. Patients were randomized to receive either low molecular weight hyaluronic acid (HA) oral tablets or placebo for three months. Vaginal biopsies were t...

Desquamative inflammatory vaginitis (DIV) is an uncommon cause of purulent vaginitis in premenopausal women. DIV has also been called exudative vaginitis, hydrorrhea vaginalis, erosive vaginitis, or hemorrhagic vaginitis. DIV is thought to be an aerobic bacterial dominated syndrome caused by bacterial toxins although systematic etiologic studies have not been reported. Clinical, colposcopic, an...

Since its introduction in France, metronidazole (Flagyl) has become the standard treatment for trichomonal vaginitis (Durel, Roiron, Siboulet, and Borel, 1959). The course recommended at that time and continued ever since was 200 mg. three times daily for 7 days, giving a cure rate of 85 to 98 per cent. (Csonka, 1963; Evans and Catterall, 1970; Keighley, 1971). We have investigated the possibil...

See page 2131 for definitions of strength-ofrecommendation labels. V aginitis is among the most common conditions for which women seek medical care, with vaginal discharge accounting for approximately 10 million office visits each year.1 Although vaginitis can have a variety of causes (Table 1), it most often is associated with infection or atrophic changes. Common infectious forms of vaginitis...

Vaginitis is one of the most common ambulatory problems to occur in women. It is a disorder responsible for > 10% of visits made to providers of women's health care. Although vaginal infections are the most common cause, other considerations include cervicitis, a normal vaginal discharge, foreign-body vaginitis, contact vaginitis, atrophic vaginitis, and desquamative inflammatory vaginitis. The...

Desquamative inflammatory vaginitis is an uncommon cause of an intractable vaginitis often accompanied by serious dyspareunia, which can occur at any stage of reproductive life and after the menopause. The cytological changes are identical with those seen in atrophic vaginitis yet the disorder often occurs in the presence of apparently normal ovarian function. Vaginal synechiae and stenosis dev...

A woman initially aged 25 was treated for seven years for symptomatic vaginal trichomoniasis. Throughout that period the patient received 5-nitroimidazoles at conventional and high dosages, antimicrobial agents to eliminate vaginal organisms capable of interfering with treatment, acidifying preparations, and vaccination with inactivated Lactobacillus acidophilus. Despite all the regimens used, ...