Women can suffer changes in the appearance and smell of vaginal discharge throughout their lives, both before the onset of menstruation, during the fertility period and after menopause. When there are changes in this, either by color, texture or smell, it is easy to be alarmed and, although it is not always a sign that something is going wrong in health. It is necessary to visit a gynecologist to make a revision and prescribe treatment if necessary.

For example, a more common change than it may seem at first is the appearance of fruity or sweet odor in the flow.

Although the sweet or fruity smell of the vaginal discharge may not be unpleasant for many women. It may indicate a change in the body to which attention must be paid, especially if the odor is strong. Whenever you detect a change in the smell of your vaginal discharge it is necessary that you observe. If you have other symptoms and that you go for a revision with the gynecologist.

Among the main causes of the sweet smell of vaginal discharge include the following:

Next, we explain each of these causes that cause this odor in the vaginal secretions and that the gynecologist will know how to diagnose and offer treatment in case it is necessary.

The vaginal discharge fruity smell may occur because power increasing blood glucose. The excess of sugars can modify the odor of the flow. Some women use to improve it since it is more pleasant. However, we must be careful because an excess of sugars can become a health problem.
taken too high in sugars and carbohydrates, thereby 

Not only foods that have added sugars are those that produce this problem. There are many others that naturally contain high levels, such as fruits. Therefore, it is convenient to visit a nutritionist to help us regulate our diet according to the needs of our body.

In addition, this high level of blood glucose may not be due to what is eaten, but rather to diabetes. So, if you are diabetic and this smell appears in your intimate area you may be in a moment of hyperglycemia and you should check your levels to see if you need insulin and apply it if necessary. If until now you have not been diagnosed with this problem and your diet is not excessive in sugars and carbohydrates. The doctor can tell you after a review if your odor is due to this and you have diabetes or you should modify your diet, or if it is due to other causes, such as the following.

Fungal infections in the vaginal area are usually caused by the fungus Candida. Candidiasis is detected by symptoms such as pain and stinging in the area, especially when having sex, and by a change in secretion, as it becomes an abundant, thick and white flow.

Regarding the odor in vaginal yeast infections, there may be a variety of this. There is candidiasis that appears without a bad smell, others that produce a somewhat sweet smell and others that can cause a strong and unpleasant smell, although usually, no odor appears. This difference depends on several factors, such as the general health status of the affected woman, if there is also bacterial infection, how long it takes to have candidiasis, and so on.

You can look at the symptoms of the infection of urine. As well as those of vaginal infection or bacterial vaginosis, but only a doctor can diagnose the problem and offer the best treatment in each case. Some of these symptoms are a pain, stinging in urine, cloudy and dark urine, desire to urinate constant and fever.

There is a popular belief that the fact that a woman's flow has a fruity smell indicates that she has become pregnant, using this reference to detect a pregnancy even before the month. However, there is no scientific evidence that this is the case.

Therefore, in fact, the fact that this smell appears is not an indication of pregnancy. As this sign cannot substitute a pregnancy test or test. It is best to take the tests at home and have a gynecologist confirm or deny the pregnancy with blood tests and other tests.Other smells of vaginal discharge that you should not ignore.

This other type of strong odor also occurs when there is bacterial vaginosis, but also due to excessive sweating, to use bleach or chlorine to wash intimate clothes frequently, on entering menopause and to a diet with foods such as asparagus, spicy, seafood, liver, onion, and garlic.