Abnormal thick and chunky yellow-green vaginal discharge

[User2365]

Hi there,

I thought I had a long term yeast infection (a couple of months now), but my discharge seems to have a slight yellow-green tinge to it which is not normal. I have always had a slightly milky discharge in my underwear but now it is quite thick and chunky, not thin or watery unless I'm aroused. It is also not itchy, I just find myself scraping it out in the shower. It has a smell, not awful but sort of like what a seashell might smell like, and slightly vinegary.

I am worried my sex partner may have been sleeping with others; there's no sure way to know, could I have an STD? Other possibilities are that I for the last few months or more have been douching every night with an enema bulb and shower water (occasionally with water + apple cider vinegar). I also have ulcerative colitis so I do get abdo pain and rectal bleeding already but more recently had a few period-like pains too. I use the contraceptive pill to skip my period and have not had one in a year or more.

Any thoughts would be appreciated and I will be getting to the clinic as soon as I can afford.

[specialmom]

I'm sorry you fear your partner is unfaithful.  That stinks.  I'd go ahead and get tested for STD's with the suspicion.  Most STD's for women really are hard to tell if you have it--  unless it's obvious like a sore or blister.  So, try not to worry about that.  But better to rule it out than to wonder.  It could be fungal and not necessarily yeast since it doesn't itch.  A doctor can swab it ad tell you exactly what it is.  So, while getting the std check up, ask them about this too.  Clinics are good or Planned Parenthood if you don't have a regular doctor.  Hormones WILL change the consistency of discharge, so maybe the hormones of the pill you take are contributing.  Anyway, check in with your doctor and come back to us and tell us what they say!