Why does itching of the vulva occur during menstruation?

Nowadays, many female friends are troubled by the symptom of vulvar itching during menstruation. For some female friends, loving cleanliness and hygiene is a good thing. However, many female friends are overly particular about cleanliness, and even develop mysophobia, which leads to vulvar itching. So, what should you do if your vulva itches during menstruation? Let's take a detailed look at it below.

There are two main sources of pathogens that cause inflammation of the female reproductive tract: pathogens that originally parasitize the vagina or pathogens that invade from the outside. Under normal circumstances, vaginal lactobacilli are dominant in the vagina, with a small amount of anaerobic bacteria, mycoplasma and Candida albicans. These bacteria form a normal ecological balance. However, when the human body's immunity is low, endocrine hormones change, or external factors such as tissue damage and sexual intercourse disrupt the ecological balance of the vagina, these resident bacteria will become pathogenic bacteria, break through the vaginal barrier and cause infection.

What should I do if my vulva itches during menstruation? Let’s first understand the relevant causes:

1: Improper use of vaginal hygiene products. The most common method is to wash the vulva with soap, believing that soap has a better cleansing effect. Soap (including perfumed soap) is alkaline and irritating to the skin. After removing the sebum, the skin becomes dry and it can cause itching. Some fashionable girls like to use shower gel, believing that foam shower gel has a gentle cleansing effect. In fact, shower gel is a chemical preparation, which can easily cause allergic or contact dermatitis after irritating the skin and mucous membranes. Some women often use Chinese herbal preparations such as Jieryin, Fuyintai, Fuyinjie and Fufukang to clean their genitals, believing that Chinese medicine is the safest. Although Chinese herbal medicine has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and anti-inflammatory. However, Chinese herbal preparations are also prescription drugs and should be used under the guidance of a doctor. Moreover, Chinese herbal medicines have a short shelf life and are prone to spoilage and mold, which can be harmful after use. Some ladies also like to use potassium permanganate disinfectant, believing that this method of disinfection and cleaning the vagina is more thorough. Here we would like to remind ladies that if potassium permanganate is used for a long time, the skin will become dry and easily cause skin spasms and itching. If potassium permanganate is not diluted according to the standard, the concentration exceeds 1:5000 or the powder is not completely dissolved, once it comes into contact with the vulva, it will corrode the delicate skin and mucous membranes. In fact, healthy women do not need to use the above-mentioned vaginal cleansing products at all.

2: Improper vaginal cleaning method. Some women take it for granted that the scope of vaginal cleaning will be extended to the vagina, and they often flush the vagina with medicated liquids, thinking that this can reduce leucorrhea and prevent infection. In fact, leucorrhea is a normal physiological phenomenon of women. It is a mixture of vaginal exudate, cervical and endometrial gland secretions. If there is less leucorrhea and the vagina is moist enough, vaginal dryness will cause discomfort. If you flush the vagina frequently, it will inevitably change the acidic environment of the vagina, destroy the self-cleaning function of the vagina, disrupt the mutual restraint of normal flora, and destroy the ecological balance. Some women wrap their fingers with a small towel or gauze and insert them into the vagina to scrub the inner wall of the vagina, believing that this is a more thorough way to clean the vagina.

What should I do if I have vulvar itching during menstruation? The above is the specific analysis given by experts on this issue. I believe that now everyone should know how to solve the symptoms of vulvar itching during menstruation. I hope that the above introduction can provide help for many female friends. At the same time, I also hope that female friends can perform correct vaginal cleaning during menstruation.