Doctor Answers Top 5 Discharge Questions

Dr. Danielle Jones, board-certified ObGyn, tells you everything you need to know about vaginal discharge. From the amount to color to symptoms that are worrisome and what it all means.

00:00 - Intro
00:49 - What is vaginal discharge?
01:23 - How much is normal?
02:14 - Demo of normal volume discharge
03:12 - What do the colors mean?
03:43 - Demo of colors
08:06 - When should you visit the clinic?
09:16 - Why does discharge change all the time?

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** The information in this video is intended to serve as educational information and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images, and information, contained in this video is for general information purposes only and does not replace a consultation with your own doctor/advanced practice provider. **

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[LeeMorales]

Please do more videos like this! I'm autistic and it's very hard for me to understand when people aren't direct, and having a real-world association and visual aid helps me a lot to finally learn and understand. Thanks!!

[SiameseCats]

Nobody, not a soul, told me about vaginal discharge until I first got it. It’s absolutely ridiculous that they don’t teach this stuff.

[thewugglyump]

Literally more education in ten minutes than I got in any sex ed class in my entire grade school career. You are a godsend.

[janez]

Fact: The health education system in school has failed us. That is why we have come to this sacred video lmao

[alicecuriosityoftenleadsto]

As a mother THANK YOU SO MUCH for doing this. When raising my daughter she would have her friends come ask me these questions because their Moms wouldn't talk about it and neither would school.
I can only imagine how many girls out there are worried or scared or concerned and are helped by your videos! Thank you thank you thank you so much for your help!!

[destinyw]

this just solved so many insecurities 😭

[TwlightDutch]

I wished I had seen this video in my early teens, it would have solved a lot of insecurities

[charlottemunday]

For YEARS my mum yelled at me saying i wasnt wiping after using the toilet, until i learned what discharge was and i made sure to fill in my younger sisters when their time came.
I cant believe a full grown woman didnt know herself and shamed me for it for so long.

[raniressler]

My sister and I were convinced when we were first experiencing discharge that it was because of sexual arousal. I was always so embarrassed when I had a discharge because I didn’t think I had felt sexual and especially didn’t want my mom to think I had it. I threw away so many pairs of underpants because of the discharge and not knowing how to clean myself. If I was taught, I was too grossed out to touch myself. I’m so glad to be learning about my body, and one day if I have daughters I want them to know their bodies as well. Thank you for your videos!

[AwesomeSpyro]

First time I had discharge I thought there was seriously something wrong with me, because of course NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT IT.
I blame the education system, and, most importantly, my mother.

[nancyurquilla]

As a blind woman, I really appreciated that even though this video had a lot of visual components, you were able to describe each type of vaginal discharge and compare it to real world items that anyone can relate to when explaining what is considered normal and not normal discharge. Thank you for such an educational video

[nienna]

Since my period started I have experienced discharge every cycle. My mother always told me that I had a yeast infection but refused to bring me to a doctor to get it checked out. I was embarrassed for years until I learned what normal discharge was. And thanks to this video I can help teach my younger sisters so they won't have to go through what I did.
Thank you for putting so much effort into your videos, evert bit of it is appreciated 😊

[DutchyEline]

The only thing school sex ed thought me was how to put a condom on a banana and "don't have sex, you'll get pregnant or get an std with or without a condom" videos like this actually makes you more confident and less scared and should be thought to teens, not during sex ed but during biology

[Saknika]

I was watching this and my fiancé was listening in and goes "she's really funny, but why are we talking about vaginal discharge?" and I answered "because I literally did not know any of this prior to this video, standard vagina education sucks."

[furlycee]

I'm 26 years old and went through my life not knowing any of this and just secretly freaking out every month when I notice white or brown discharge. WHY DOESN'T SOCIETY TALK ABOUT THIS MORE!?

[GrooveStorm]

OH my god. I've been getting worried about my discharge and if I'm not okay. I've noticed because of my heavy flow, my discharge also gets pretty heavy, but thankfully it's all the normal colors. I'm pretty glad you actually started talking about it to upfront!! I have a pretty bad social side autistic disorder and it makes it hard to learn without examples. I appreciate this so much!!

[Kakkorin]

the fact that I'm learning something about my body here on youtube and not at school

[livwalker]

Grew up with a mom who did NOT normalize this for us and I thought I was doing something wrong and was super ashamed.
I’m glad I’m learning all this now so I can educate my kids.

[clood]

I'm a guy and the Algorithm brought me here. But just wanted to say that I knew all about discharge from my first girlfriend. All of my girlfriends after that knew way less than me and were totally shocked that I knew more than them about it. They were ao relieved that they didn't have to be embarrassed about it with me. It was actually sad to see that this is such a taboo topic. Lots of guys are really immature about it as well which makes it even worse for the girls.

[LuminaryoftheGarden]

When I first got vaginal discharge, I had no clue what the heck it was. I was scared to tell my grandma (I live with my grandparents), so I ended up not telling anybody for a while. Eventually I brought it up, but I was under the assumption that I was something bad that meant something was wrong with me.

So yeah, we definitely need to be taught this sort of thing, as it can cause a lot of fear and anxiety for people who don’t understand what’s going on with their bodies.