Normal women's vagina has a good ability to resist disease, but after old age the vaginal mucous membrane atrophies, the antibacterial ability decreases significantly, bacteria can easily invade, resulting in senile vaginitis.

This disease is characterized by the following symptoms: (1) burning sensation in the vagina, accompanied by discomfort in the lower abdomen and perineum; (2) increased vaginal discharge, usually watery, sometimes purulent, accompanied by a foul odor; (3) increased frequency of urination, vaginal pain after urination and defecation; (4) impediment to sexual intercourse due to pain. If a vaginal examination is performed, the vaginal wall can be seen to be congested, edematous, and even bleeding and ulcerated, and the patient will be in great pain during the examination.

This shows that the treatment of geriatric vaginitis, on the one hand, to kill the bacteria in the vagina, antibiotics or other antiseptic drugs can be inserted into the vagina or douche, on the other hand, also want to improve the ability of the vagina to resist disease, generally use ethylphenol, which is a kind of estrogenic drugs, there is an enhancement of the role of the resistance of the vaginal mucosal cells.