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What Causes Sudden Vaginal Odor Changes, and When Is It a Red Flag?

What Causes Sudden Vaginal Odor Changes, and When Is It a Red Flag?

2 days ago
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Written by Brittany Thompson

Sudden odor often has benign causes—period blood, sweat, new workout gear, or sex. Fishy odor with thin gray discharge points to BV; yeasty/bready odor with itch and clumpy discharge points to yeast. Strong, foul, persistent odor, fever/pain, or retained tampon are red flags. Keep care external-only; don’t douche.

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