What causes vulvar itching in women?

Many women do not pay much attention to the cleaning of their genitals due to the hard work at work, which will cause a series of gynecological diseases over time. Vulvar itching is very common in women. Many women endure it because they feel embarrassed. In fact, this awareness is incorrect. Vulvar itching needs to be treated in time. In fact, vulvar itching is mostly caused by vulvitis.

What are the causes of vaginal itching?

1. Mixed infection: Due to multiple stimulations, mixed infection is often caused, and the pathogenic bacteria are often Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Escherichia coli.

2. Not paying attention to menstrual hygiene, having sexual intercourse during menstruation or having unclean sexual intercourse, etc.

3. After delivery or abortion, due to the decrease in resistance, pathogens ascend through the reproductive tract and spread to the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and then the entire pelvic cavity, causing inflammation.

4. While intrauterine contraceptive devices are widely used, patients do not pay attention to personal hygiene.

5. Caused by lax surgical operation. Uterine cavity operations performed without strict disinfection, such as vacuum extraction, hysterosalpingography, cervical canal treatment, and obstetric surgery infections without strict disinfection.

6. Irritation of vaginal secretions: Due to increased vaginal secretions or stimulation from menstrual blood or sanitary napkins, especially in cases of cervicitis and various vaginitis, the secretions increase and flow to the vulva, which can cause vulvitis to varying degrees.

7. Other stimulating factors: such as direct stimulation from sugary urine of diabetic patients; long-term immersion in urine of patients with frequent urination; stimulation from feces of patients with fecal fistula when they have diarrhea or loose stools; intestinal pinworms, etc.

Vulvitis has a certain possibility of becoming cancerous. Therefore, for stubborn vulvitis that cannot be cured for a long time, one should be highly vigilant about the possibility of vulvar cancer.

Now female friends should realize the causes of vaginal itching and the importance of treating vaginal itching symptoms as soon as possible. For some patients with mild vaginal itching, the editor recommends paying more attention to hygiene during treatment, so that the symptoms can disappear quickly. Some patients with severe vaginal itching need to persist in treatment.