Moxibustion for vulvar itching

Women's private hygiene requires special attention, because the vagina will secrete a lot of substances, so women's private parts are often moist. A humid environment is most likely to cause bacteria to grow. Some women will have symptoms of vulvar itching, which is most likely caused by bacterial infection. Moxibustion can be used to treat female vulvar itching. Let's take a look at how moxibustion should treat vulvar itching?

1. How to treat vulvar itching with moxibustion

Although moxibustion is a very good traditional Chinese medicine treatment, it can cure many diseases. However, vulvar itching is usually caused by bacterial infection or inflammation. Therefore, moxibustion cannot cure the disease. Now there are many micro-business products claiming that moxibustion can treat vulvar itching, but in fact there is no scientific basis for this.

After the symptoms of vulvar itching appear, you should first go to the hospital to check what is the cause, and then receive symptomatic treatment. There are many diseases that cause vulvar itching. If patients use medications indiscriminately, it will only have the opposite effect and cause the vulvar itching to become more and more severe.

After the symptoms of vulvar itching appear, patients need to pay attention to hygiene in daily life, wash and change underwear frequently, and choose underwear with good breathability when buying underwear. Cotton underwear is very comfortable and breathable, so female friends can choose cotton underwear.

2. Causes of vulvar itching

Chronic local irritation, irritation caused by abnormal secretions of the vulva, vagina, and cervix; unclean vulva and poor permeability caused by tight synthetic underwear and sanitary napkins; vulvar parasitic diseases, such as pubic lice, pinworms, scabies, etc.; various vulvar skin diseases and vulvar tumors; local vulvar symptoms of systemic diseases, such as diabetes, uremia, vitamin deficiency, etc.

3. How to treat vulvar itching

For vulvar application, use lotions and creams with antipruritic effects, such as calamine lotion, diphenhydramine ointment, cortisol ointment, etc.

Local blockade or acupoint injection of drugs such as cortisol, vitamin B12, phenergan, etc.

Treatment is directed at the cause.