What are the clinical features of vulvar skin diseases?

Skin diseases are the most common type of disease in life, and the conditions of skin diseases vary greatly when they appear in different parts of the body. Among them, the most typical one is vulvar skin disease. The conditions are diverse and we need to be clear about its clinical characteristics. So, what are the clinical characteristics of vulvar skin diseases? Let’s take a closer look at them below.

1. The lesions of vulvar skin diseases are the same as those of the skin in other parts of the body and can be divided into primary and secondary lesions. The former are lesions caused by pathological processes unique to skin diseases, including spots, patches, papules, plaques, wheals, nodules, blisters, bullae, pustules, capillary dilation or cysts; the latter are lesions caused by scratching, infection, treatment and repair on the basis of the primary disease, such as scales, maceration, erosion, ulcers, epidermal damage, scabs, scars, lichenification and atrophy.

2. The vulva is the opening of the vagina, urethra and various glands. Inflammatory lesions in the above parts can affect the vulva, especially the common candidal vaginitis and Trichomonas vaginitis in women, which are often complicated by corresponding vulvitis. Therefore, when lesions are found on the vulvar skin and mucous membranes, the presence of primary lesions in the vagina should be ruled out first. If the vulvar lesions are secondary, the primary lesions should be effectively treated first.

3. Vulvar skin diseases can occur alone or as part of systemic skin diseases. For example, vulvar psoriasis and vitiligo may appear on the skin of other parts of the body at the same time; in addition, vulvar skin diseases may also be local manifestations of systemic diseases.

4. The female vulva is the most hidden part of the body, and most people are reluctant to expose it easily. When symptoms of disease or discomfort occur, people often keep it a secret and let it run its course, which leads to delayed treatment. Therefore, any vulvar lesions should be treated by an experienced specialist as soon as possible.

5. Different vulvar lesions may be caused by the same skin disease, and the same vulvar lesions may be caused by different skin diseases. In particular, chronic vulvar skin diseases are more common than skin diseases in other parts of the body, and sometimes they cannot be diagnosed by physical examination alone. Therefore, a biopsy is necessary to improve the accuracy of diagnosis.

6. Many chronic vulvar skin diseases of unknown causes have a long course of illness, and various treatments are often difficult to achieve complete cure. Skin diseases are generally treated with topical medications, but in chronic skin diseases, the epidermis thickens at the lesions, and especially the presence of keratin in the cortex hinders and delays the penetration of drugs through the skin layer into the dermis where the itch nerve endings are located. Therefore, there is often no obvious effect in the early stages of medication. At this time, patients must be mentally prepared and cannot give up treatment.

The above is an introduction to the clinical characteristics of vulvar skin diseases. I hope it will be helpful for women to understand. According to the clinical characteristics of vulvar skin diseases, there are many types. In daily life, you can identify them according to these conditions, and then take targeted measures for treatment, so as to cure vulvar skin diseases as soon as possible.