What is the cause of small pimples on the vulva?

Many times, women have small bumps on their vulva. These small bumps are very itchy, and people always scratch them unconsciously. Although everyone knows that women's lower body maintains a moist environment for a long time and the pH value of the lower body is always weakly acidic, this cannot effectively prevent bacterial invasion, but can make bacteria multiply faster. So, what exactly are the small bumps on the vulva?

Because the vulva is easily contaminated with urine, feces, and leucorrhea, the vulva skin is often in a moist environment, which is suitable for bacterial growth. At this time, if the vulvar skin is abraded, or if hygiene is not paid attention to, or the body's resistance is reduced, the hair follicles and the surrounding tissues will be infected by staphylococci and other bacteria, which will cause local vulvar folliculitis. Vulvitis caused by general purulent bacteria is called nonspecific vulvitis, which is mostly mixed bacterial infection. Common pathogens include Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Proteus, anaerobic bacteria, etc. Clinically, it can be divided into simple vulvitis, folliculitis, vulvar pustulosis, vulvar furunculosis, cellulitis and hidradenitis. Clinical manifestations of small pimples on the vulva: redness, swelling and pain on all sides of the hair follicle opening, white pus at the hair follicle opening, and hair passing through the center. The pus head gradually increases in size and becomes cone-shaped. After a few days, the tissue in the center of the nodule becomes necrotic and softens, and a small yellow pus plug appears. After a few more days, the pus plug falls off, and pus is discharged. The inflammation gradually subsides, but it often recurs. At the beginning, there is pain at the opening of the hair follicle and on all sides, the skin is slightly red, and slowly red blisters appear, which are tender to the touch. There is a hair sticking out from the top of the red blister. If there is pus, a small white dot may appear on the top of the red blister. There can be one or more hair follicles infected. If the inflammation gets worse, a boil may form. If there are many infected hair follicles and the pain is obvious, you should rest properly. If folliculitis recurs, attention should be paid to check whether there is a systemic disease. Specific treatment recommendations include local medication according to clinical doctor's instructions, and avoiding unauthorized use of medication and systemic medication. Treatment of small pimples on the vulva: If small pimples on the vulva become itchy, first of all, you should pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva, do not use soap to wash the vulva; try to restrain scratching and rubbing the affected area; avoid spicy food; be careful to avoid emotional depression and tension. If the symptoms still cannot be relieved, you should see a doctor, find out the cause of the itching, and treat it accordingly. During treatment, chronic lesions must be removed, so it is necessary to inquire about the medical history in detail, actively find the causes, and make corresponding external treatments to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

When patients receive medication for small bumps on the vulva, although the affected area will feel itchy, they should restrain themselves and try not to touch or scratch it. Also be careful about your diet and avoid eating spicy, greasy food with a pungent odor. If a medicine has no effect after several days, you should switch to another medicine.