What causes vaginal itching in women?

Vulvar itching is a common gynecological disease among female friends. However, in daily life, many people do not take this symptom seriously, which leads to bleeding from other diseases and causes serious harm to the health of female friends. So, what is the reason for female vulvar itching? Many female patients and friends are particularly concerned about this issue. Let's listen to what the experts say.

Reason 1: Skin diseases of the vulva. The skin lesions of tinea cruris often extend to the vulva, causing severe local itching. The local itching caused by vulvar eczema and neurodermatitis is more severe. The former is manifested as papules and blisters with unclear local skin boundaries and erosion exudate, while the latter often causes thickening of the skin with lichenification due to scratching. In addition to causing local itching, leukoplakia of the vulva is often accompanied by vulvar malnutrition and skin atrophy.

Reason 2: Virus infection. Genital warts mostly occur in the female vaginal wall, cervix and vulva. Contagious warts occurring on the vulva often present as clusters of small finger-like projections, which may occasionally cause itching of the vulva. Genital herpes is often manifested by the appearance of bright, rice-sized blisters on the urethral opening and vaginal wall, accompanied by local itching.

Reason three: Allergy to sexual intercourse. This is an allergic reaction that occurs during sexual intercourse. There are people who are allergic to semen, condoms, and friction.

Reason 4: Other reasons. When women suffer from diabetes, due to the irritation of the vulvar skin by urine sugar, they are prone to complications of bacterial vulvar and vaginitis, causing vulvar itching. When jaundice occurs due to liver, gallbladder and other diseases, vulvar itching may also occur due to the increase of bilirubin in the blood and the irritation of the skin by bile salts. In addition, some women may experience vulvar itching due to psychological factors when they are under stress.

Reason 5: Fungal vaginitis. Itching of the vulva and vagina, flushing of the vulva, and leucorrhea resembling bean curd residue with an odor. Scratching may cause eczematous changes of the vulva dermatitis.

Reason six: Trichomoniasis. Itching of the vulva and vagina, foamy leucorrhea, often accompanied by a special odor, and scratching also causes eczematous changes in the vulva dermatitis. A vaginal smear test can be used to distinguish it from the above conditions.

Reason seven: Pubic lice, pinworm infection, and scabies infection are also occasional causes of vulvar itching.

Reason 8: Local skin is unclean. Some women use toilet paper improperly, and the skin of the vulva is soaked by menstrual blood, vaginal secretions, and even urine, feces and sweat, which causes chronic inflammation of the local skin and causes vulva itching.

Reason nine: drug allergy. "Fixed drug rash" caused by sulfonamides or other drugs in women with allergic constitution often occurs at the junction of the skin and mucous membrane of the vulva. In addition to local itching, it may be complicated by erosion and exudation. Vulvar itching may also occur if allergic reactions and contact dermatitis occur when using drugs for vaginal washing or vaginal insertion.

Through the above experts’ detailed introduction to the relevant causes of female genital itching, I believe that everyone should now have a general understanding and knowledge of the causes of female genital itching. I hope that many female friends will go to a regular professional hospital to take measures if they encounter the above phenomena in their daily lives.

What caused it?

Many female friends will find a very strange problem in their daily life, that is, pimples will grow on their genitals. For such a private part of the genitals, many female friends feel very scared, thinking that they have some serious diseases. So, what causes pimples on female genitals? Regarding this issue, let the experts explain it in detail.

1. Vestibular gland cyst. Small bumps on the vulva may be Bartholin's gland cysts. The exit of the Bartholin's gland is located on the inner side of the labia minora, making it easy for bacteria to invade and cause inflammation. Generally, bacteria first invade the epithelium of the Bartholin's gland ducts, causing the mucosa to swell, or the uterine adhesions occur after the tissue at the opening of the duct is destroyed, causing the opening of the duct to be blocked, and the secretions cannot be discharged, thus forming a Bartholin's gland cyst. It is often unilateral and of varying sizes. It may also be an early manifestation of vulvar inflammation.

2. Viral infection or inflammation. There are other possibilities for small bumps on the vulva: one is caused by human papillomavirus infection, called genital warts; the other is caused by general vaginal inflammation due to excessive leucorrhea and irritation, called pseudo-warts. Pseudocondyloma is a very common vulvar manifestation, which manifests as velvety or villous protrusions on the inner side of the labia minora. They may be pink or slightly transparent, roe-like, and of relatively uniform size, with no subjective symptoms.

What causes itchy genitals in women?

Vulvar itching is a common gynecological disease among female friends. However, in daily life, many people do not take this symptom seriously, which leads to bleeding from other diseases and causes serious harm to the health of female friends. So, what is the reason for female vulvar itching? Many female patients and friends are particularly concerned about this issue. Let's listen to what the experts say.

Reason 1: Skin diseases of the vulva. The skin lesions of tinea cruris often extend to the vulva, causing severe local itching. The local itching caused by vulvar eczema and neurodermatitis is more severe. The former is manifested as papules and blisters with unclear local skin boundaries and erosion exudate, while the latter often causes thickening of the skin with lichenification due to scratching. In addition to causing local itching, leukoplakia of the vulva is often accompanied by vulvar malnutrition and skin atrophy.

Reason 2: Virus infection. Genital warts mostly occur in the female vaginal wall, cervix and vulva. Contagious warts occurring on the vulva often present as clusters of small finger-like projections, which may occasionally cause itching of the vulva. Genital herpes is often manifested by the appearance of bright, rice-sized blisters on the urethral opening and vaginal wall, accompanied by local itching.

Reason three: Allergy to sexual intercourse. This is an allergic reaction that occurs during sexual intercourse. There are people who are allergic to semen, condoms, and friction.

Reason 4: Other reasons. When women suffer from diabetes, due to the irritation of the vulvar skin by urine sugar, they are prone to complications of bacterial vulvar and vaginitis, causing vulvar itching. When jaundice occurs due to liver, gallbladder and other diseases, vulvar itching may also occur due to the increase of bilirubin in the blood and the irritation of the skin by bile salts. In addition, some women may experience vulvar itching due to psychological factors when they are under stress.

Reason 5: Fungal vaginitis. Itching of the vulva and vagina, flushing of the vulva, and leucorrhea resembling bean curd residue with an odor. Scratching may cause eczematous changes of the vulva dermatitis.

Reason six: Trichomoniasis. Itching of the vulva and vagina, foamy leucorrhea, often accompanied by a special odor, and scratching also causes eczematous changes in the vulva dermatitis. A vaginal smear test can be used to distinguish it from the above conditions.

Reason seven: Pubic lice, pinworm infection, and scabies infection are also occasional causes of vulvar itching.

Reason 8: Local skin is unclean. Some women use toilet paper improperly, and the skin of the vulva is soaked by menstrual blood, vaginal secretions, and even urine, feces and sweat, which causes chronic inflammation of the local skin and causes vulva itching.

Reason nine: drug allergy. "Fixed drug rash" caused by sulfonamides or other drugs in women with allergic constitution often occurs at the junction of the skin and mucous membrane of the vulva. In addition to local itching, it may be complicated by erosion and exudation. Vulvar itching may also occur if allergic reactions and contact dermatitis occur when using drugs for vaginal washing or vaginal insertion.

Through the above experts’ detailed introduction to the causes of female genital itching, I believe that everyone should now have a general understanding and knowledge of the causes of female genital itching. I hope that many female friends will go to a regular professional hospital to take measures if they encounter the above phenomena in their daily lives.

3. Vulvar inflammation. Another possible reason for small bumps on the vulva is vulvitis: this is caused by a large amount of leucorrhea irritating the skin in the labia area. In daily life, the vulva is easily contaminated with urine, feces, and leucorrhea, so that the vulva skin is often in a humid 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 surrounding tissues will be infected by staphylococci and other bacteria, which will cause local vulvitis.

The above are detailed introductions by experts on some of the causes of pimples on female genitals. I believe that now everyone should have a general understanding and knowledge about the causes of pimples on female genitals. I hope that the above introduction can be helpful to many female friends. Here is a reminder that if female friends find that they have pimples on their genitals, they should go to a regular professional hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.