Pimples on pubic hair

Bumps on pubic hair are generally caused by a disease called vulvar folliculitis. Vulvar folliculitis is also a disease caused by fungal infection. Fungal infections are contagious to a certain extent, so if vulvar folliculitis occurs, it needs to be treated in time, otherwise the disease may worsen. Next, I will introduce you to some relevant knowledge about genital folliculitis!

1. Overview

Vulvar folliculitis is mainly characterized by infection of the hair follicles or around the hair follicles. The vulva is skin tissue with abundant hair follicles. When the body's resistance is low and the vulvar skin is damaged, the superficial hair follicles and their surrounding tissues are infected by Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Streptococcus, which can cause acute, subacute, and chronic vulvar folliculitis.

2. Causes

Vulvar folliculitis is an inflammation caused by nonspecific purulent bacteria invading the hair follicles of the vulva. Scratching, friction, high temperature, humidity and sweating are the triggering factors of this disease.

3. Clinical manifestations

The skin around the hair follicles of the vulva becomes red, swollen and painful, gradually forming a cone-shaped pustule with a pubic hair protruding from its center. Pustules may be multiple, and adjacent small pustules may fuse together to form large pustules, accompanied by severe congestion, edema and pain in the vulva.

4. Inspection

Routine blood examination shows that white blood cell count and neutrophil count may be elevated. The pus from the follicular pustule can be used for bacterial culture and drug sensitivity testing.

5. Treatment

1. Eliminate the cause and keep the vulva clean and dry as much as possible. Avoid irritation and squeezing.

2. In the early stage of the disease, you can use 0.02% potassium permanganate warm water sitz bath, twice a day.

3. If multiple small pustules are formed or merge into large pustules, systemic antibiotics can be used for treatment.

4. For mature pustules, the pus can be punctured and drained, rinsed with normal saline or other external disinfectant, and then antibiotic ointment, sulfonamide ointment, or 2% iodine tincture can be applied to the periphery.

5. Physical therapy methods such as infrared, ultraviolet, and ultrashort waves can also be used to relieve pain, promote the dissipation of inflammation, or the maturation and softening of abscesses.

6. If the pustules have not dried and scabbed 3 days after treatment, the cause should be investigated to determine whether there is concurrent Candida infection.