Post Date May, 21 2023
What are the main reasons for female genital itching? Vulvar itching is a common condition that many women encounter in their daily lives. The onset of vulvar itching is usually paroxysmal, and the itching is unbearable. In severe cases, it can make patients restless and affect sleep, life, and work.
What is the cause of external genital itching?
1. Vulval diseases: Experts say that diseases such as psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis, pigmentation, and vitiligo can cause vulvitis.
2. Vulval dryness: Frequent use of potassium permanganate solution for sitz baths can also cause vulvitis. In addition, clinically menopausal women are also prone to vulvitis caused by itching of the vulva.
3. Chemical and drug stimulation: Women with allergic constitution can also easily cause vulvitis when using condoms, sanitary pads, alkaline pancreas, chemical fiber underwear, etc.
4. All skin is unclean: Experts point out that some women may experience chronic inflammation of their external genitalia due to improper use of toilet paper, which can cause the skin to be soaked in vaginal secretions, urine, menstrual blood, or sweat, leading to external genitalitis.
5. Virus infection: Viral infections such as genital warts may also lead to vulvitis. Patients usually have symptoms such as abnormal vaginal discharge and itching of the vulva. Local patients may have bright blisters of rice grain size on the urethral heart and vaginal wall, which is also a rare symptom of vulvitis.
What to do with female genital itching?
1. General treatment
Pay attention to hygiene during physiological days, keep the external genitalia clean and dry, and avoid scratching. Don't wash with hot water, don't use soap. When infected, potassium permanganate solution can be used for sitz baths, but local scrubbing is strictly prohibited. Especially underwear is more suitable for ventilation width. Avoid drinking alcohol and spicy or food allergies
2. Etiological treatment
Eliminate local or systemic factors that cause itching, such as trichomonas, mold infection or diabetes
3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness, heat, yin deficiency, and blood dryness are the main causes of female genital itching. From the perspective of overall treatment, the onset of genital itching is closely related to internal organs such as the liver, spleen, and kidney, and involves the Ren and Du meridians. The liver meridian is infused with dampness and heat, and there are people with yin deficiency of the liver and kidney, loss of essence and blood, and loss of nourishment of the external genitalia who soak the vagina. Yin itching is often intertwined with vaginal discharge, and in severe cases, it can be accompanied by yin pain.
