What are the causes of vulvar leukoplakia?

The vulva is a very private matter for women. It is something that many women feel ashamed of. Therefore, many girls feel embarrassed to mention vulvar diseases to others. Many girls even do not seek treatment after suffering from vulvar leukoplakia. So, what are the causes of vulvar leukoplakia? Let's find out the reasons.

1. Cause: This disease is closely related to the liver, kidney and spleen. The mechanism is as follows: the liver meridian surrounds the genitals and stores blood; the kidney is responsible for reproduction and opens up to the two genitals; the spleen is responsible for muscles. Clinical manifestations can be divided into two types of symptoms: deficiency and excess. The so-called "deficiency" refers to the blood deficiency, which causes loss of volume and dryness, resulting in damage to the Chong and Ren meridians, and the genitals losing nourishment or warmth; the so-called "excess" is due to liver depression suppressing spleen earth, liver heat and spleen dampness, dampness and heat infiltrating each other, Chong and Ren meridians being damaged, resulting in the genitals being damp and hot, causing this disease. Clinically, deficiency syndrome is the main type, that is, excess syndrome is also caused by the deficiency of the original body and the evil spirit. Common ones include:

1. Blood deficiency and dryness. Insufficient spleen deficiency and insufficient source of energy, or long-term illness that consumes qi and blood, or other reasons that cause the body to lose blood and damage qi, resulting in Chong and Ren blood deficiency, which leads to poor genital skin care, dry vulva skin and disease. Symptoms: The vulva skin becomes white, dry, dull, wrinkled, and cracked, and it itches severely at night.

2. Liver and kidney yin deficiency, long-term illness or old age and physical weakness, liver and kidney insufficiency or excessive sexual activity, damaged kidney essence, both essence and blood, unable to moisturize the skin and cause dry vulva. Symptoms include genital itching, which is worse at night, atrophy of the vulva, dryness, thinness and brittleness of the lesions, and in severe cases, flattening of the labia majora, disappearance of the labia minora and shrinkage of the vaginal opening.

3. Spleen and kidney yang deficiency. The body yang is deficient, or the kidney yang is damaged due to other reasons. Yang deficiency will cause internal coldness, Chong and Ren meridians will be cold, the genitals will lose warmth, the yang cold will stagnate on the genitals muscle surface, the circulation of qi and blood will be blocked, so the vulva skin will change color and shrink. Symptoms include whitening of the vulva skin, alternating between atrophy and thickening and roughness.

4. Damp-heat in the liver meridian is mostly caused by depression or anger that damages the liver. The liver qi is stagnant and turns into heat over time. The damp-heat evil flows into the lower part of the body and soaks the vulva to cause illness. Symptoms include hypopigmentation, roughness, wrinkles, redness, swelling and itching of the genital skin and mucosa. Yellow fluid oozes from scratched areas. There are eczema-like changes, local burning pain, and excessive, yellow and smelly vaginal discharge.

The above are some of the causes of vulvar leukoplakia. It is very important to find the key causes of similar diseases. Only by knowing the causes of the disease can we know how to treat vulvar leukoplakia. Here, the editor recommends that everyone should pay attention to personal hygiene management at ordinary times.