What is the disease of white spots on the genitals?

Normally, the vaginal opening is light pink, and some will turn black with age, but this is a normal color. If the vaginal opening is white, it is usually caused by some disease. Therefore, I hope that all female friends can pay attention to the whitening of the vaginal opening, especially when this situation occurs at the same time as vulvar itching, you should also pay attention to it, because this may be caused by some organic diseases. So what disease is the white spots in the private parts? Let’s find out together.

1What are the methods for checking vulvar leukoplakia in the middle and late stages?

1. Electronic colposcopy:

This type of vulvar leukoplakia examination method is to use electronic gastroscope to enlarge the cervical lesions, which is obviously much easier to detect cervical leukoplakia than naked eye observation. According to local visual examination, iodine test of vulvar leukoplakia and colposcopy, it is generally not too difficult to make a diagnosis. But more importantly, further examination should be carried out after the discovery of vitiligo to avoid ignoring the early cervical lesions that coexist with vitiligo.

2. Iodine solution experiment:

The basic principle of this method of vulvar leukoplakia inspection is that the epithelial cells are keratinized or incompletely keratinized and lack the ability to store glycogen, so the iodine-coated part does not color, and this opportunity can reveal the extent of the disease. However, the iodine test is non-specific, and the test result may also be positive if there is cervical erosion, ectropion or precancerous lesions.

Partial Visual Examination:

Through careful observation of the cervix, white soft spots can be found, but the human eye cannot identify incomplete keratinization changes. This is also one of the inspection methods for vulvar leukoplakia.

2What is the disease of white spots appearing in the private parts

Diseases that cause whitening of the vaginal opening include vulvar leukoplakia, fungal vulvitis, vulvar dermatitis, and private vitiligo. Fungal vulvitis can cause itching of the vulva and whitening of the vaginal opening in women. When the disease occurs, tofu-like secretions can be seen; vulvar dermatitis can also cause whitening of the vaginal opening and itching of the private parts when the disease occurs; private vitiligo is also a relatively common disease. The white area has clear boundaries, and itching is generally not present when the disease occurs; the common symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia are whitening of the private vaginal opening and vulvar itching.

Vulvar leukoplakia generally appears as localized or diffuse white soft spots on the skin of women's genitals, which can spread to the inner sides of both lower limbs, perineum and anus, but rarely affect the urethral orifice and vestibule function. Its clinical symptoms are vulvar itching, dry skin, hypertrophic skin whitening, loss of elasticity, and even shrinkage and ulceration, pain and burning sensation. Vulvar leukoplakia can be divided into proliferative type, shrinkage type, moss type and complex type according to different symptoms.

The symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia are vulvar itching, dry skin, hypertrophic skin whitening, loss of elasticity, and even shrinkage and ulceration, pain and burning sensation. Some patients have significant desquamation, resulting in thickening of the skin keratin and crusting, and some patients will mainly show ulcers.

For the whitening of the vaginal opening caused by vulvar leukoplakia, I hope that all patients must pay attention to active treatment. It should be known that the treatment of vulvar leukoplakia is also very complicated. In order to better solve the problem of vulvar leukoplakia, patients must pay attention to wearing some cotton underwear with good breathability during the treatment period, and make sure that the underwear that is changed frequently must be disinfected before it can be worn again. Only in this way can you get rid of the trouble of whitening of the vaginal opening as soon as possible.

3Can vulvar leukoplakia be cured?

Although there are many ways to treat vulvar leukoplakia, there is a certain degree of difficulty. Because the disease has a high recurrence rate, it must be detected and treated early. The probability of recovery in the early stage of the disease is very high, and the risk of recurrence can be avoided to a certain extent. Therefore, patients must be more aware of the early symptoms of the disease and ensure early detection so that they can receive treatment early.

First, the main manifestations of hyperplastic vulvar leukoplakia. The typical symptoms of hyperplastic vulvar leukoplakia are thickening of the private skin, which turns dark red in color. Careful observation will reveal that there are large raised white spots on the skin alternating with dark red areas. The main manifestations are hyperplasia of skin epithelial cells, irregular thickening of the spinous cell layer, hyperkeratinization of the surface layer of epithelial cells, and the appearance of many inflammatory cells in the dermis.

Second, the main manifestations of sclerosing moss type vulvar leukoplakia. The symptoms of this type of vulvar leukoplakia usually vary depending on the development time of the disease. At the beginning, small white rashes will appear on the injured skin. The borders of the rashes are irregular, but the surface is relatively flat. As time goes by, many rashes will gradually combine into white spots, which is what we often call moss. In the later stage, the injured skin will become wrinkled, shrunk, and the elasticity will disappear.

Third, the main manifestations of complex vulvar leukoplakia. The main manifestation of this type of vitiligo is a combination of the two types mentioned above. On the basis of skin atrophy, some epithelial cell hyperplasia and hypertrophy will occur in the injured skin. If observed under a medical microscope, it will be found that there are hyperplastic islands in the contractile lesions, so the treatment and cure of this type of disease is relatively difficult and expensive.

Softening of the mucosa is one of the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia. However, this symptom does not necessarily occur in every patient with vulvar leukoplakia, and some patients will experience softening of local skin and mucous membranes, accompanied by swelling and edema, shrinkage or even disappearance of the labia majora, and gradual shrinkage of the vulva, leading to difficulties in sexual life or difficult childbirth for pregnant women.

4How does leukoplakia appear in the female perineum?

Extended private infection and inflammation irritation: Trichomonas vaginitis is caused by bad daily living habits, wearing fiber underwear, unclean daily necessities, bathing in the bathroom, etc. If it is not treated in time, the inflammatory metabolism will infiltrate the vulva, and long-term infection and irritation will cause symptoms such as leukoplakia.

Extended endocrine imbalance: endocrine diseases are caused by pathological abnormalities in the endocrine glands and tissues themselves, or by endocrine disorders due to genetic inheritance, enzyme deficiencies, and immune function.

Gender-extension diseases: such as diabetes, vitiligo, private eczema, vulvar itching, etc., such as drug abuse and improper treatment, may also cause or aggravate the occurrence and development of vitiligo.

★ Severe itching in private parts: The vast majority of patients have vulvar itching, which is unbearable and even causes skin cracking due to itching.

★Leucorrhea has an odor: Leukoplakia of the vulva can cause excessive and heavy secretions from the private parts, and the color is dark, brown, or gray-black.

★ Burning and stinging pain in private parts: Parts of the skin and mucous membranes become soft or swollen, the labia majora shrink or disappear in size, and there is pain.

★Milky white soft spots or black spots: The skin and mucous membranes of the private parts turn white or dark red, and black spots are spread throughout the labia majora and minora.

5What are the common symptoms of leukoplakia on the vulva of women?

Western medicine believes that the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia are:

Vulvar leukoplakia is often seen in the clitoris, labia and inner groove of the labia majora, and sometimes occurs in the vestibule, vagina, urethral orifice, posterior synovia, etc. and is often symmetrical. Vulvar itching is the first prominent symptom felt by patients with vulvar leukoplakia, especially at night. The degree of itching is related to time, menstruation, climate, food, environment, and mentality. Itching usually occurs intermittently, and patients with vulvar leukoplakia often scratch constantly due to itching.

Due to scratching, there are many scars and swellings on the external vagina. As a result of long-term itching, the parts become ulcerated, cracked, ruptured and secondary infected. Therefore, patients with vulvar leukoplakia often experience local burning pain, especially the clitoris, labia, etc. are very sensitive. The private parts can be seen to shrink slightly. In severe cases, the clitoris, labia minora, atrophy and adhesions, partial or complete erosion of the labia majora, and then joint tightening, the vulva narrowing, and elasticity loss, even affecting urination and sexual life.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia are:

1. Spleen dampness betting type vulvar leukoplakia: the vulva skin turns white, hyperplasia and hypertrophy, ulcers and water discharge, pain, and increased leucorrhea. The tongue coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is moist and thin.

2. Kidney Qi deficiency type vulvar leukoplakia: The vulva is itchy and shrunken, white in color, the waist and knees are thin and weak, or there is dizziness, restlessness and insomnia. The tongue is red, the coating is thin, and the pulse is thready and rapid.

3. Vulvar leukoplakia due to damp-heat in the liver meridian: redness, swelling and itching of the genitals, hypopigmentation of the skin, or accompanied by eczema, excessive yellow discharge, or bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath and red urine. The tongue coating is thick or thin yellow, and the pulse is deep and thin or stringy and slippery.

4. Qi and blood deficiency and liver hyperactivity type of vulvar leukoplakia: stinging pain and unbearable itching in the vulva, which is more common at night; dry and white skin in the private parts, loss of elasticity; dizziness and blurred vision; scanty menstruation. The tongue coating is white and greasy, the tongue color is pale, and the pulse is deep and weak.

5. Kidney deficiency and Yang deficiency type vulvar leukoplakia: The vulva becomes dry and white, with cracks, or even shrinkage, elasticity disappears, local itching or tingling, scanty menstruation or amenorrhea, cold pain in the lower abdomen, and low back pain and fatigue. The tongue is pale with thin coating, and the pulse is deep and fine.