A patient calls the clinic and tells the nurse she has a white, curd-like discharge from the vagina. The patient asks the nurse what the significance of this discharge is. How should the nurse respond?
A) Drainage is physiologic and normal.
B) The patient may have a Candida species infection.
C) Drainage is caused by vaginal dryness.
D) The patient may have Chlamydia.
Ans: B
Feedback: Mucus or white discharge from the vagina is physiologic and normal. Drainage caused by Candida is curd-like and white, while infection with Trichomonas is often frothy/yellow green in color. Vaginal dryness causes scant and mucoid drainage that may be blood-tinged.
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