Can vulvar leukoplakia be cured?

Vulvar leukoplakia is a relatively common vulvar disease, and it is also a disease that will have a certain impact on the health and aesthetics of women's private parts. Vulvar leukoplakia can be well treated and controlled as long as it is treated reasonably and the private parts are well cared for after treatment. Next, I will introduce to you the drug treatment, dietary conditioning and prevention methods of vulvar leukoplakia!

1. Medication treatment

1. Eliminate the causes: Patients with diabetes, trichomonas or candidal vaginitis should receive treatment, eat less spicy food, keep the vulva clean, avoid soap scrubbing, scratching and the use of irritating drugs, and take multivitamins, sedatives and desensitizers.

(ii) Local medication: for the purpose of relieving itching, reducing inflammation, moisturizing and improving local nutrition.

1. External washing medicine: Chinese medicine Sophora flavescens and Artemisia capillaris wash or other Chinese medicine decoction for fumigation and washing.

2. For atrophic type: Apply 1%~2% testosterone propionate cod liver oil ointment (100~200mg of testosterone propionate added to 10~20g of 20% cod liver oil ointment) externally, 3~4 times/day, for 2~3 months. It can make the skin thicker and softer and loosen adhesions.

3. For hyperplastic and mixed types, dexamethasone and hydrocortisone ointment can be used. For mixed types, testosterone propionate and cod liver oil ointment should also be applied externally.

(3) Acupuncture and acupoint injection can be tried.

(iv) Laser treatment: Laser treatment of lichen sclerosus malnutrition has the effect of relieving itching, promoting wound healing and improving local blood circulation.

(V) Surgical treatment: For moderate to severe atypical hyperplasia, or ulcers and fissures that have not healed after non-surgical treatment for a long time, simple vulvectomy can be considered.

2. Diet and Health Care

What foods are taboo for vulvar leukoplakia?

(1) Avoid smoking, drinking and spicy food

(2) Avoid eating fatty, fried, moldy, or pickled foods.

(3) Avoid irritating foods such as roosters and geese.

(4) When itching is severe, avoid seafood and irritating or allergenic foods.

(5) People with ulcers or bleeding should avoid warm foods: lamb, leeks, ginger, pepper, cinnamon, etc.

What foods are suitable for vulvar leukoplakia?

(1) It is advisable to eat more foods that have anti-vulvar tumor and leukoplakia effects, such as sesame, almonds, wheat, barley, wild melon, black-bone chicken, squid, black-banded snake, pig pancreas, chrysanthemum, black plum, peach, litchi, purslane, chicken blood, eel, abalone, crab, horseshoe crab, sardine, clam, and hawksbill turtle.

(2) In case of pain, it is advisable to eat horseshoe crab, red snapper, lobster, mussels, sea cucumber, tiger fish, beetroot, mung bean, radish, and chicken blood.

(3) For itching, you should eat amaranth, cabbage, mustard greens, taro, kelp, seaweed, chicken blood, snake meat, and pangolin.

(4) To strengthen the body and prevent metastasis, you should eat Tremella fuciformis, black fungus, shiitake mushroom, Hericium erinaceus, chicken gizzard, sea cucumber, coix seed, walnut, crab, skink, and needle fish.

3. Preventive Care

1. Pay attention to menstrual hygiene and change menstrual pads frequently during menstruation.

2. Keep the vulva clean and dry, do not wash it with hot water or scrub it with soap.

3. Underwear should be loose, breathable, and preferably made of cotton.

4. Avoid alcohol, spicy food, seafood and other foods that are likely to cause allergies.

5. Avoid indiscriminate use, drug abuse, scratching and local friction.

6. If the area is damaged or infected, you can use 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution (add a small amount of potassium permanganate powder to warm water to make it light red, not too concentrated) for soaking, twice a day, each time for 20-30 minutes.

7. See a doctor to check whether there is fungus or trichomonas. If so, both husband and wife should be treated at the same time, instead of using "anti-itching water" to treat it yourself.

8. Those who fail to recover after long-term treatment should have their blood sugar checked.