What is the white shift on the vulva in gynecological diseases?

Many women will find some white spots growing on the vulva when taking a bath or changing clothes. They may also feel severe or mild itching and pain. In fact, this is vulvar leukoplakia. Patients may think that they usually have good hygiene habits, so how could they get this disease? In fact, the main causes of vulvar leukoplakia can be divided into the following situations.

Vulvar leukoplakia is mainly a proliferative lesion of the mucosal epithelium or epidermis. Normal mucosal epithelium does not have a stratum corneum and a granular layer. In leukoplakia, the mucosal epithelium is obviously keratinized, and a granular layer of varying thickness appears. When it occurs in the transition area of ​​the skin and mucosa of the labia majora, there is obvious hyperkeratosis, thickening of the granular layer, and obvious hyperplasia of the mucosa or skin epithelium.

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. This is the main cause of vulvar leukoplakia.

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. The characteristic symptoms are genital itching, which worsens at night. At the same time, the vulva atrophies, and the lesions become dry, thin and brittle. In severe cases, the labia majora becomes flat, the labia minora disappears, and the vaginal opening shrinks.

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.

The information collected by the editor summarizes all the causes of vulvar leukoplakia, but if related symptoms have already appeared, do not delay treatment or use medication on your own. You should check your condition through vaginal B-ultrasound before receiving targeted treatment. In addition, the editor would like to remind patients that they should temporarily stop having sex during the treatment period.