What are the causes of vulvar itching in women?
Vulvar itching is a common symptom of female gynecological inflammation. When women experience vulvar itching, it often makes people associate it with gynecological inflammation or unclean vulva. Especially in summer, vulvar itching is a common phenomenon among women. So, are you troubled by the itching of your private area? Do you understand what causes vulvar and vaginal itching? Are you clear about what causes vaginal itching in women? Below, gynecological experts will explain the causes of vulvar itching in women.
Causes of Vulvar Itching in Women
[1] Unclean vulvar skin: If cleanliness is not attended to, the vulvar skin can be soaked by menstrual blood, vaginal discharge, even urine, feces, and sweat, making some parts of the skin prone to chronic inflammation, which in turn can cause vulvar itching.
[2] Trichomonas Vaginitis: Patients with trichomonas vaginitis often experience vulvar and vaginal itching, foamy leucorrhea, often accompanied by a special odor. Scratching can lead to dermatitis and eczematous changes in the vulvar area. A smear test of vaginal secretions can differentiate the disease.
[3] Bacterial Vaginosis: Vulvar and vaginal itching, redness of the vulva, with curd-like leucorrhea, an odor, scratching can lead to dermatitis and eczematous changes in the vulvar area.
[4] Vulvar Skin Diseases: The skin damage caused by tinea cruris often spreads to the vulva, causing severe local itching and neurodermatitis-induced itching. Vulvar leukoplakia not only causes local itching but also often accompanies vulvar malnutrition and skin atrophy.
[5] Pubic Lice Infestation: Pubic lice often lie on the skin surface or attach to the roots of pubic hair. Pubic lice eggs are gray-white and needle-tip sized. The bites, toxins, and excretions of pubic lice can cause skin itching, scaling, and secondary eczema-like changes and folliculitis.
[6] Pinworm Infection: Mainly affects young girls, adult women can also be infected. When the anus relaxes at night, pinworms crawl out from the rectum to mate and lay eggs in the vulva, stimulating the skin and mucosa of the vulva and causing local itching.
[7] Fungal Infection: Women with diabetes or long-term use of antibiotics leading to normal flora imbalance are susceptible to Candida albicans invading the vulva and vagina, causing fungal vulvovaginitis. Curd-like leucorrhea and vulvar itching often occur.
[8] Viral Infection: Condyloma acuminata mostly occurs on the vaginal wall, cervical os, and vulva of women, accompanied by foul-smelling leucorrhea. Contagious molluscum and genital herpes occurring on the vulva can cause vulvar itching.
[9] Drug Allergy: Women with allergic constitutions who use certain drugs may develop fixed drug eruptions, often occurring at the junction of vulvar skin and mucosa. Besides local itching, erosion and exudation can occur. Using drugs for vaginal irrigation or insertion, if an allergic reaction or contact dermatitis occurs, it can also cause vulvar itching.
[10] Other Reasons: Women with diabetes are prone to concurrent fungal vulvovaginitis, causing vulvar itching. Women with liver, gallbladder, and other diseases experiencing jaundice, the skin stimulated by bile salts can also cause vulvar itching.
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