Vaginal discharge during pregnancy

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The discharge can be due to candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis or trichomoniasis. A syndromic diagnosis should be made before treatment. Need to consider possibility of sexually transmitted infections including gonorrhoea and chlamydia (see Sexually Transmitted Infections chapter).

 

Medicine

Adult dose

Frequency 

Duration

 

miconazole pv

200mg

every night 

3 days

or 

clotrimazole pessary

500mg

every night

3 days

and 

metronidazole po 

400mg

3 times a day

7 days

or 

secnidazole po 

2g

once only

Single dose

Clotrimazole cream can also be used

Caution: Avoid metronidazole in 1st trimester.