What are the causes of vulvar ulcers

Vulvar ulcer is a common skin disease, which is mainly caused by damage to the skin's mucous membrane, resulting in ulceration or inflammation. For skin diseases such as vulvar ulcers, it is necessary to find the exact cause in order to cure the disease. At the same time, good hygiene work should be done to avoid recurrence.

Vulvar ulcer is inflammation, ulceration and defect of the skin and mucous membranes of the vulva. The lesions mostly occur on the inner side of the labia minora and labia majora, followed by the vestibule mucosa and around the vaginal opening. The course of the disease can be acute or chronic. The causes are different, and the treatments are also different.

1. Infectious factors

Herpes simplex virus is the most common cause of vulvar ulcers. The disease is highly contagious, such as through sexual intercourse, causing fetal teratogenesis and carcinogenesis in the patient himself, so it has attracted widespread attention.

2. Autoimmune factors

When the body's immunity is reduced and resistance is low, the skin and mucous membranes will be more susceptible to infection, so ulcers may appear due to infections that are not manifested when resistance is high.

3. Disease factors

Vulvar ulcers are mostly caused by vulvar inflammation, such as nonspecific vulvitis, herpes simplex virus infection, Behcet's disease, vulvar tuberculosis, syphilis, lymphogranuloma venereum, etc. In addition, about 1/3 of vulvar cancers manifest as ulcers in the early stages. Some people believe that vulvar ulcers are a special development stage of eye-mouth-genital syndrome. Chancroid is a disease transmitted by Haemophilus Ducrey through sexual intercourse. It is also a common sexually transmitted disease with ulcerative lesions.