You could have a discharge for a couple of days around your menstrual cycle. This is perfectly normal if it is a thin and clear and will go away on its own.

If your female discharge has a color or odor to it you probably have one of two very common infections. A yeast and bacterial infection can mimic each other but we can identify each through the type of discharge you have.

A light white almost clear to a thick bright white discharge with the consistency of cottage cheese is a candida infection. This should have very little to no odor and be quite itchy around the vagina. It is the most common symptom of a yeast infection.

It can be very frustrating to have a reoccurring yeast condition and even though there are over the counter medications that can alleviate the symptoms they just don't attack the root of the problem. You need to make sure you kill all the candida in your body to insure you won't deal with it again.

A yeast infection can be sexual transmitted back and forth between partners. My husband and I found that little tid bit out the hard way. We just had no idea he was carrying a yeast infection and we didn't know it was contagious. A lot of men can carry a candida infection with no symptoms. So I would cure my symptoms and bang get another yeast infection is so frustrating. That was before I knew how to take care of it for good, the trick is to kill all the candida in your entire body. It's funny because I looked for years and worked hard on cures that got me nowhere and it turned out to be so simple with the right program, who knew.

If you are having a light yellow to a dark yellow brownish color discharge with more of a liquid texture and a bad odor then you have bacterial vaginosis. A bacterial infection may have light itchiness but the odor is the embarrassing symptom here. The easiest way to tell a bacterial infection in bye the odor and the off white color.

Bacterial vaginosis is a very common infection. It also is a very common mis-treated infection. I see more people trying to cure this with a yeast infection remedy and it just won't work, it's a totally different infection. You can cure this infection form the privacy of your own home, which is the way I like it, but you have to do it through the right method.

Bacterial vaginosis can generate many problems for you, even more if you’re pregnant. Bacterial vaginosis cannot be sexually transmitted but that is no reason to not get this cleared up as soon as possible and besides it's easy to treat if you follow the right steps. You don't want to have this any longer than you have to and now you know what it is you can cure it.