Gynecological smear - transcript

Gynecological smear on the flora is a simple and effective analysis that can indicate the presence of inflammatory processes and diseases such as vaginitis, bacterial vaginosis , thrush, sexual infections.

How are the results of the analysis of the gynecological smear on the flora deciphered?

A leaf with a transcript of a smear is not clean: opposite to most names of microorganisms, there can be plus signs, and this will be the norm.

1. The doctor will carefully study the presence of white blood cells in the smear, as their large number is directly related to the ongoing inflammatory process. In acute stages, the figure can reach up to 100.
2. You should not be afraid of the presence of cells (up to 10) of the flat epithelium in the smear. This is a kind of indicator of your hormonal background. At an indicator less than 5 it is desirable to conduct an additional hormonal examination.
3. Probably, the main indicator of microflora is the presence of gram-positive rods in the vagina, in another way, lactobacilli. The more such chopsticks, the higher your immunity, the fewer rods - perhaps, it is an inflammation.
4. Normally, a small amount of mucus, key cells, cocci, Candida fungi and Escherichia coli are allowed in the gynecological smear. Their moderate and large number may be a sign of the disease.
5. Sexual infection can be determined by detecting in the gynecologic smear of cells of gardenerelles, gonococci, chlamydia, trichomonads.

Normal smear on flora

Below is an example of an analysis with normal flora.