Flatus vaginalis
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| N89.- | Other non-inflammatory diseases of the vagina |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
Flatus vaginalis (from Latin flatus , gas, and Latin vagina , vagina), also Garrulitas vulvae , is the expulsion of trapped air from the vagina . The prerequisite is that air gets into the vagina first. This is then expelled through the natural contraction of the vaginal muscles. Flatus vaginalis is a natural phenomenon . Although the air ejected normally odorless and harmless, the sound of vaginal flatulence can for affected women be uncomfortable and the repeated occurrence can distress trigger.
Occurrence
Flatus vaginalis generally occurs during or immediately after sexual intercourse .
It can also occur after birth , and the associated changes in the mother's vulva and vagina, during the regression of pregnancy .
In rare cases, flatus vaginalis is a symptom of diseases such as a rectovaginal or colovaginal fistula or a vaginal prolapse . It can also occur after vaginal operations.
Individual evidence
- ↑ flatus. In: PONS online dictionary. PONS GmbH, accessed on April 14, 2019 .
- ↑ vagina. In: PONS online dictionary. PONS GmbH, accessed on April 14, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Sabeena Allahdin: Flatus vaginalis a distressing symptom. In: International Journal of Colorectal Disease . Volume 26, Issue 11. Springer-Verlag, November 2011, p. 1493-1493 , doi : 10.1007 / s00384-011-1143-6 , PMID 21279367 (English, springer.com ).
- ↑ Angela Heller: After the birth: childbed and regression . 2nd Edition. Georg Thieme Verlag , Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-13-125042-1 , p. 124 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Reeves et al .: Sigmoidovaginal fistula secondary to diverticular disease. A report of three cases. In: The Journal of reproductive medicine . tape 33 , no. 3 , March 1988, PMID 3361523 (English).
