5 Year Old Female Has Discharge HELP!!

Updated on February 24, 2014
C.W. asks from Topeka, KS
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Does anyone have advice for me on why a 5 year old would have discolored sticky looking discharge in her underwear? She is only 5 and has no other signs of starting puberty. Could it be a yeast infection even though she says it doesn't hurt when she potties? I havent had to deal with any of this stuff yet and I'm in need of some good advice please?!!! Thank you all in advance!

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Well I spoke to her pediatrician and they said that can be normal as long as it's not a lot or her vagina itches or hurts to potty. So weird that's happening so early :(

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S.T.

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it could be lots of things. this is not something to trust to internet advice. take her to her ped today.
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Per your SWH - I'd STILL take her in to see the doctor, rather than just have a phone conversation. She needs to be looked at. And yes, a WOMAN doctor should look at her. Not a man. You'll feel really bad if it turned out that something was wrong and it was missed because you got over-the-phone advice.

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You should take her to a ped. I would choose a woman ped, though. Don't talk anymore about this with her. You don't want to appear to be focusing on her there more than if she had a cold.

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M.C.

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She should be seen to rule out a bladder or yeast infection. Again, she should be seen, not just calling the nurse line.

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J.C.

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I have never had a yeast infection cause anything more then mild itching, so no pain or burning does not mean no yeast. I would contact her doctor.

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J.C.

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A quick visit to the dr. should do. Male or female dr.

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H.W.

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Yeast infections can be itchy, but they don't hurt/burn during urination. Burning during urination is indicative of a UTI. Sticky discharge could definitely be yeast. Call your pediatrician for best treatment.

Sometimes, women will get a UTI and end up getting a yeast infection at the same time, quite often because of the antibiotics used to quell the UTI. So that may be why you are confusing the symptoms of the two.

U.5.

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I would just have her be seen. It won't take very long to know what the issue is if any. "Discolored" is a little alarming so I would just take her in. My daughter is six and never has discharge in her panties. Typically she just has a little build up in the folds that we rinse clean. Take her in :)

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My 4 year old daughter gets this. Sometimes it is yeast, once it was bacteria, and a few times it was nothing. The pediatrician said that there is no actual way to tell without looking and maybe a culture. So, I would take her in and have her looked at. I have had yeast infections that have not had any symptoms for a few days, and then it got worse. Anyway, I recommend taking her in.

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