What are the common symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia?

Nowadays, vulvar leukoplakia has become a nightmare for many female friends. This disease affects personal health as well as the sexual life and relationship between couples. So what are the common symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia? Many women are not aware of this, and even when they suffer from vulvar leukoplakia, they don’t know that they have this disease. Some women think it is a common gynecological disease or vulvar infection, and take medicine casually and don’t pay much attention to it, which eventually causes serious illness. So, let us understand what the common vulvar leukoplakia is.

Common symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia:

1. Hyperplastic malnutrition: The vulvar skin becomes thickened and dark red, with many raised white spots separated by dark red areas, presenting a mottled lichenification. Microscopic epithelial hyperplasia, irregular thickening of the spinous cell layer, elongation of the epithelial crura, obvious dermal papillae, hyperkeratosis of the epithelial surface, and chronic inflammatory cell infiltration in the dermis are common symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia.

2. Lichen sclerosus malnutrition begins as small white papules with irregular edges and a flat surface, which gradually merge into white spots, hence the name lichen, and further merge into large white spots. After the lesion has fully developed, the skin becomes wrinkled, becomes thin, hard, and brittle like brown paper, and loses its elasticity, gradually leading to atrophy of the entire vulva. Microscopically, there is epithelial atrophy, hyperkeratosis, hyalinization of the collagen fibers in the dermis, and chronic inflammatory cell infiltration in the mid-dermis.

3. Mixed vulvar dystrophy is a mixture of the above two types. On the basis of the atrophic type, there is local epithelial hyperplasia and hypertrophy. Microscopically, hyperplastic islands can be seen in the atrophic lesions.

4. Vulvar leukoplakia with atypical hyperplasia. All the above-mentioned vulvar leukoplakia may be accompanied by atypical hyperplasia, but hyperplastic vulvar leukoplakia is more common. Microscopically, the spinous cell layer is arranged without layers, the cells are of different sizes, and some have increased divisions. It can be divided into three levels: mild, moderate and severe according to the severity. Atypical hyperplasia is mild when it is limited to the deep epidermis, moderate when it involves the middle epidermis, and severe when it involves the entire layer. Patients should be very alert to the dangers of vulvar leukoplakia and actively seek treatment.

A healthy body and a harmonious married life are what every woman yearns for, but vulvar leukoplakia has become a stumbling block to the happy life of many women. The prevention and treatment of vulvar leukoplakia is a topic that every woman needs to pay attention to. Looking at the above content, I believe friends have also understood the common symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia. Here, I wish all the female compatriots suffering from vulvar leukoplakia a speedy recovery.