Post Date November, 16 2024
Pruritus of the external genitalia is a common condition in women, and there are many reasons for it. It is not only related to daily habits, but also to diseases. After the occurrence of pruritus of the external genitalia, it is necessary to pay attention to nursing methods.
Causes of external genital itching
1. Poor hygiene habits: Failure to pay attention to local cleaning of the external genitalia, sebum, sweat, menstruation, vaginal secretions, and even urine and fecal immersion can cause itching due to long-term stimulation of the external genitalia; Wearing impermeable chemical fiber underwear can cause itching due to dampness and heat accumulation
2. Fungal Vaginitis: vulva, vaginal pruritus, vulva flush, with bean dregs like leucorrhea, with peculiar smell, scratching can cause vulva dermatitis eczema changes.
3. Pudendal lice disease: Pudendal lice often adhere to the surface of the skin or the root of pubic hair, and their eggs are gray white and needle sized. Mite bites and their venoms and excreta can cause skin itching, scaling, and then eczema like changes and Folliculitis.
4. Octopus infection: It mainly affects young girls and can also infect adult women. At night, when the anus is loose, octopuses swim from the rectum to the vulva to mate and lay eggs, stimulating the skin and mucosa of the vulva, causing local itching.
5. Scabies infection: When scabies occur, external skin damage is most severe, and local itching is also most pronounced.
6. Local unclean skin: some women use toilet paper improperly, and the skin of the vulva is soaked by menstrual blood, Vaginal discharge, urine, feces, and sweat, resulting in chronic inflammation of the local skin, causing pruritus of the vulva.
7. Drug allergy: "fixed drug eruption" caused by taking sulfonamides or other drugs for women with allergic constitution often occurs at the junction of skin and mucosa of vulva, which can be accompanied by erosion and exudation in addition to local itching. The use of drugs for vaginal irrigation or vaginal insertion, such as allergic reactions and Contact dermatitis can also occur vulva itching.
8. Virus infection: Genital wart mostly occurs in the vaginal wall, cervical orifice and vulva of women, and has a foul smelling leucorrhea. Most of the Molluscum contagiosum in the vulva are round papules with navel fossa like depressions in the center, which can also cause pruritus in the vulva. Genital herpes is mostly caused by bright rice blisters at the urethral orifice and vaginal wall, accompanied by local itching.
9. Sexual allergy: This is an allergic reaction that occurs in sexual life. Individuals with semen allergies, condom allergies, and friction allergies.
