Early symptoms of vulvar dystrophy

Vulvar malnutrition is very harmful to women. It often causes itching and burning sensation. If scratched, redness, swelling and ulceration will occur. This disease develops slowly and takes a long time to treat. For women, they must maintain good patience during the treatment process and understand the early symptoms of vulvar malnutrition, which will help to carry out better treatment in time and avoid more adverse effects on health.

Stage I hyperplastic type: The main symptom is vulvar itching. Some patients experience severe itching, which worsens at night. Scratching often causes redness, swelling, and ulceration, and may cause burning and other discomfort.

Stage II hyperplastic type: Based on the symptoms of stage I, keratinization and hyperplasia appear in the affected area, and mild hypopigmentation appears locally on the vulvar skin (usually on the inner side of the labia majora and minora), in the form of dots or small white papules, with a frosty white surface.

Stage III hyperplastic type: severe hyperplasia of skin keratinization, repeated shedding of the keratin layer, or scratching causing vulvar irritation, edema, fissures, ulceration and erosion. There may be itching accompanied by pain. Patients feel that the symptoms are severe, but the treatment effect of this type of patients is rapid, just like the Chinese medicine "Yinbansan" in one course of treatment, about 85% of the patients' symptoms are basically eliminated.

Typical symptoms of atrophic vulvar leukoplakia at different stages

Stage I atrophic type: The main symptoms are not obvious. Some patients have mild itching. No white lesions appear, and the vulva has atrophy that is not easily visible to the naked eye.

Stage II atrophic type: The typical symptom is mild visible atrophy of the vulva, usually starting from the labia majora, minora, and clitoris. The elasticity of the labia majora and minora decreases, and the surface wrinkles decrease or disappear. Vulvar pruritus is relatively mild. Due to atrophy, there may be dryness of the vulva, discomfort during sexual intercourse, etc. Localized hypopigmentation occurs on the vulvar skin, in the form of multiple dots or flakes.

Stage III atrophic type: severe symptoms, flat labia majora, disappearance of labia minora, atrophy and shrinkage of the clitoris or adhesion. The urethral opening atrophies, and in severe cases, urinary incontinence occurs. The vaginal opening atrophies, and sexual intercourse becomes difficult. Some patients develop anal leukoplakia and atrophy, causing the skin around the anus to become wrinkled and less elastic, which can lead to anal fissures during defecation. About 50% of patients have large areas of hypopigmentation on the vulvar skin.

Symptoms of mixed vulvar leukoplakia

When the disease of patients with hyperplastic and atrophic types of vulvar leukoplakia progresses to the late stage II to stage III, they generally develop mixed symptoms of the two types.