Vaginitis is an acute inflammation of the vaginal mucosa. The peculiarities of the course of vaginitis depend on the age of the patients (in young girls vulvitis and vulvovaginitis are usually caused by some general pathology: diabetes mellitus, diathesis, immunodeficiency, helminthiosis, foreign body of the vagina, leukemia, and hygiene errors, masturbation, senile vaginitis is caused by a decrease in the estrogenic effect on the mucosa of the genital tract