Post Date June, 30 2023
Vulvar eczema is a common gynecological disease in women. After falling ill, it not only affects the normal life of patients, but also endangers their health. We must take this situation seriously. What is external genital eczema? Let's understand together.
Symptoms of external genital eczema
Female genital eczema is a common skin disease, mostly caused by spleen deficiency, lack of hygiene, and external genital eczema. Female eczema of vulva mostly occurs in the Labia majora and pudendal thigh sulcus. The duration of the disease is uncertain, the onset is irregular, the symptoms are not obvious at ordinary times, and severe itching occurs when sleeping or nervous. Accompanying itching can lead to secondary infection after scraping, local redness, and small pus spots appearing in the center of individual rashes.
What causes external genital eczema
1. Mental factors
Mental tension, excessive fatigue, depression, and other factors can cause neuroendocrine dysfunction. Through the influence of neural reflexes and endocrine factors, the skin is prone to feeling various stimulating factors, leading to eczema.
2. Local stimulation
The increase of Vaginal discharge, scratches and urinary fistula also cause eczema.
3. External allergen
External allergens generally refer to cosmetics containing chemicals, dye radiation, some abnormal proteins, some pollen, or dust in the air. And these factors can all cause female genital eczema.
4. Allergens in the body
Such as body lesions, Intestinal parasite infection, some metabolites, digestive tract diseases, and autoantigens produced by human tissues under the influence of certain factors.
The hazards of external genital eczema
1. The main manifestations in the acute phase are severe itching and diffuse flushing of the external genitalia, and skin damage is pleomorphic without obvious boundaries.
2. Accompanying itching, after scratching, can lead to secondary vaginal infection, local redness, and small pus spots in the center of individual rashes.
3. There is lichen like sclerosis with clear boundaries, and the surface often has furfural like scales. Contact with hard or wet scabs can cause dry cracking in severe cases, with pain during movement, blood scabs and pigmentation, and the skin appears brown or pigmentation has fallen off.
4. Female eczema of vulva mostly occurs in the Labia majora and pudendal thigh sulcus. The duration of the disease is uncertain, the onset is irregular, the symptoms are not obvious at ordinary times, and severe itching occurs when sleeping or nervous.
