Post Date April, 15 2023
We all hope to have a healthy and healthy body, but in life, there are always some diseases that troubles us, especially some gynecological diseases. So what are the specific hazards of external genital itching? Below are some relevant introductions, hoping to be helpful to female friends.
The harm of external genital itching:
1. When female genital itching is severe, it is not easy to cure and is prone to recurrence, leading to premature birth, fetal infection, and deformities.
2. Pruritus of the external genitalia can also cause emotional discord between couples, as itching of the external genitalia can have a certain impact on their sexual life.
3. Inducing genital infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, perirenal inflammation, sexual pain, etc., can lead to multiple diseases occurring simultaneously over time.
4. When the external genital itching is severe, it can affect the work, study, life, and sleep of female friends, as sitting and lying restlessly makes women very uncomfortable.
What are the causes of external genital itching
1. Fungal vaginitis:
Pruritus of the external genitalia and vagina, redness of the external genitalia, accompanied by bean residue like leukorrhea, with a strange odor. Scratching can cause eczema and dermatitis of the external genitalia.
2. Trichomoniasis vaginalis:
Vulva and vagina are itchy, with foam like leucorrhea, often accompanied by special odor. After scratching, it is also eczematic change of vulva dermatitis. Performing a vaginal discharge smear examination can distinguish it from the disease sample above.
3. Pudendal lice disease:
The pubic lice often adhere to the surface of the skin or the root of the pubic hair, and the eggs of the pubic lice are gray white and needle sized. The bite of pubic lice, along with their venom and excreta, can cause itching and scaling of the skin, leading to eczema like changes and folliculitis.
4. Enterobius infection:
Mainly affecting young girls, adult women can also be infected. When the anus relaxes at night, pinworms crawl out of the rectum and swim to the vulva to mate and lay eggs, stimulating the skin and mucosa of the vulva, causing local itching.
How to adjust?
1. Women should pay attention to personal hygiene during menstruation. During menstruation, they should frequently change sanitary napkins and menstrual pads, and clean their external genitalia frequently.
2. To maintain a clean and dry external genitalia, do not use hot water to scald or soap to scrub in daily cleaning.
3. After experiencing itching symptoms, it is important to use medication indiscriminately and profusely. Do not go to the pharmacy to take medication on your own, and avoid scratching or local friction.
4. Patients with this disease must avoid eating, drinking alcohol, eating spicy food, and eating seafood. Pay special attention not to use drugs that can easily cause allergies.
5. It is best for women not to wear tight crotch pants, and underwear should be loose, breathable, and preferably made of cotton.
6. If you are really itching intolerable, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner to have a doctor check for mold or trichomonas. If there are any, you should treat them in a timely manner, rather than using "itching water" for treatment.
8. For patients who have not improved after long-term treatment, they should go to the hospital for corresponding blood sugar tests.
9. If the itching symptoms are severe and accompanied by other symptoms such as abnormal vaginal discharge and abdominal pain, it is highly likely to be an inflammatory infection. It is necessary to go to the gynecology department of the hospital for relevant examinations and targeted treatment in a timely manner.
