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i'm a girl. and after i masturbate, i pull my fingers out, and i see this white pasty thing on my fingers. is that normal or does there mean there's an infection or something? it's not like a liquid. i also don't think it's discharge since discharge for me is usually pretty much clear/translucent and slime-like while this thing is white and opaque and kind of clumpy (not a lot though, just slightly) like paste. what is that?? is something wrong down there??

Hi twistedpea,

It sounds like that's just vaginal discharge. During some parts of your cycle it will look different (color and texture), and white creamy paste does describe a common type of discharge which isn't anything to worry about. This advice column answer might be helpful: What is that white fluid that came from my vagina?

Is there a strong funky odor? Does it come out in thick curds, or just a smooth paste? I ask because the other thing it could be is a yeast infection, although it doesn't sound like it, but impossible to know by just that description. You can read more about yeast infections here.

when it's like that there's sort of an odor and although it's kinda like curds/clumpy it's not really to the extent of the photos of yeast infection that i saw. like it's not as solid or clumpy as the photos i've been seeing but it's also not liquidy. i also don't have the other symptoms (like it doesn't hurt at all or itch at all and there's no swelling anywhere). but the different between this and the clear slime-like discharge is that with the slime discharge it literally comes out of my vagina and onto the underwear. like i can scoop it off of my vagina. with the white stuff it only ever appears on my fingers after i masturbate. it doesn't come out otherwise.

Hey twistedpea,

From your explanation, I'd second Sofi that this doesn't seem to be a yeast infection. Instead, this is most likely typical vaginal discharge. So yeah, nothing to worry about!

Does that answer your question?