What are the symptoms of vulvar folliculitis

Vulvar folliculitis is a relatively common skin disease that often leads to infection of the hair follicles, causing redness, swelling and pain on the skin. It is mainly caused by infection with Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus. It often has acute attacks and the incidence rate is higher in summer. If similar symptoms occur, timely treatment and conditioning must be carried out.

At the beginning, there is pain at the opening of the hair follicle and its surrounding area, the skin is slightly red, and gradually red blisters appear and are tender. There is a hair sticking out from the top of the red blister. If there is pus, a small white dot may appear on the top of the red blister. The pus head gradually increases in size and becomes cone-shaped.

After a few days, the central tissue of the nodule becomes necrotic and softens, and small yellow pus plugs appear. After a few more days, the pus plugs fall off, pus is discharged, and the inflammation gradually subsides, but it often recurs. There can be one or more hair follicles infected. If the inflammation gets worse, a boil may form.

The skin surface of the vulva from the mons pubis to the outside of the labia majora is covered with pubic hair. Because the vulva is easily contaminated with urine, feces, and leucorrhea, the vulva skin is often in a humid environment, which is suitable for bacterial growth. Scratching, friction, high temperature, humidity and sweating are the triggering factors of this disease.

At this time, if the vulvar skin is abraded, or if hygiene is not paid attention to, or the body's resistance is reduced, the hair follicles and surrounding tissues may be infected by staphylococci and other bacteria, and the bacteria may invade the hair follicles and their sebaceous glands, causing acute suppurative infection. The pathogens are mostly Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus albus. It is more common after skin preparation before surgery.

This disease can be caused by decreased body resistance, local uncleanliness of the vulva, or damaged skin friction caused by obesity.

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.