What causes vaginal itching?

Vulvar itching usually refers to symptoms such as itching and discomfort in the vulva. When the symptoms worsen, pain, excessive vaginal discharge and odor may occur, and it may even cause discomfort inside the vagina. If the itching symptoms are not diagnosed and controlled in time, the discomfort will be aggravated and cause other complications. Let's find out what gynecological diseases may be caused by vulvar itching and discomfort.

Vaginal itching is associated with the following gynecological diseases:

[Vaginal Trichomoniasis]: Itching of the vulva and vagina, foamy leucorrhea, often accompanied by a special odor, and eczematous changes in the vulva after scratching.

[Fungal vaginitis]: Itching of the vulva and vagina, flushing of the vulva, dregs-like leucorrhea with an odor. Scratching may cause eczematous changes of the vulva dermatitis.

[Local skin uncleanness]: 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.

[Vulvar skin diseases]: 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.

[Viral infection]: Genital warts mostly occur in the female vaginal wall, cervical opening and vulva, and may also cause foul-smelling leucorrhea. Molluscum contagiosum occurring in the vulva often presents as round papules with an umbilical-like depression in the center, and may also cause itching in 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.

There are many reasons for vulvar itching, such as: external stimuli, contraceptives, tight underwear, secretion irritation, gonorrhea, non-gonococcal vaginitis, candidal vaginitis, Trichomonas vaginitis, dermatitis, etc. may all cause vulvar itching. For the sake of health, it is recommended to go to the hospital for relevant examinations in time to clarify the cause of vulvar itching, and then take targeted treatment measures in time.

This article introduces in detail the symptoms of which diseases may be the cause of vaginal itching. Through understanding, we can roughly understand the factors that cause the discomfort. Here, we hope that female patients who experience discomfort symptoms will go to the hospital for treatment in time, and eliminate the causes of the disease in daily life, so as to fundamentally prevent the occurrence of gynecological diseases, so as to completely say goodbye to gynecological diseases.