What’re the common causes of white vaginal discharge?

Any change in the vagina’s balance of normal bacteria can affect the smell, color, or discharge texture. These are a few of the things that can upset that balance:

1. Antibiotic or steroid use.
2. Bacterial vaginosis, a bacterial infection more common in pregnant women or women who have multiple sexual partners.
3. Birth control pills.
4. Cervical cancer.
5. Chlamydia or gonorrhea (STDs), sexually transmitted infections.
6. Diabetes.
7. Douches, scented soaps or lotions, bubble baths.
8. Pelvic infection after surgery.
9. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
10. Trichomoniasis, is a parasitic infection typically contracted and caused by having unprotected sex.
11. Vaginal atrophy, the thinning and drying out of the vaginal walls during menopause.
12. Vaginitis, is irritation in or around the vagina.
13. Yeast infections.