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25% Of Women Don't Discuss Discharge With Their GP – When To Worry

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13.09.2026

25% Of Women Don't Discuss Discharge With Their GP – When To Worry

This taboo is putting women’s health in danger.

Freelance Life Writer

While we have made some strides in tacking taboos surrounding women’s health, there are still some topics that many of us are uncomfortable discussing even with our doctors.

In fact, according to new research conducted by Femtech health brand Daye, a quarter of people surveyed said they would feel too ashamed to raise concerns about discharge with their GP and almost half wouldn’t speak to their pharmacist about it, either.

This research was commissioned by Daye for their ‘Discharge The Taboo’ campaign, which aims to challenge misconceptions around vaginal discharge and reframes discharge as data. For the most part, discharge is a sign of a healthy body doing........

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