What should you do when you have vaginal itching?

Vaginal itching has always been an unspeakable pain for women, often making patients restless and unable to sleep or eat. It not only affects patients' lives, but also their work and study. Patients often have this feeling and want to scratch it with their hands. Sometimes washing it with hot water will help. In fact, these methods are wrong. So, what should you do if you experience vaginal itching?

1. Pay attention to personal hygiene

In daily life, you should change your underwear frequently, and the underwear should be made of pure cotton and breathable material; you should wash your vulva every day, but you cannot use very hot water or soap to scrub it to avoid causing damage to the vagina; if you are menstruating, you must keep your vulva clean and change sanitary napkins regularly.

2. You can’t scratch

Vulva itching is unbearable, and many women will scratch it, which is a very incorrect behavior. Scratching will not only fail to relieve the itching, but may also expand the scope of infection and cause itching to a larger area. Do not use hot water to wash it, as this will make the itching even more unbearable.

3. Eat less spicy food

Eat less spicy, fried and other foods that are easy to cause inflammation. In addition, they should also be prohibited, otherwise it is easy to cause more serious allergies.

5. Pay attention to hygiene in public places

When vulvar itching occurs, special attention should be paid to disinfecting personal clothing, bedding, etc., and appropriately reduce the use of bathtubs, toilets, etc. in public places to prevent vulvar itching.

6. Go to the hospital for examination

If the problem of vulvar itching is severe and there is skin damage or even infection, it is best to go to the hospital for examination.

If you can pay attention to the hygiene of the vulva in your daily life, especially in public places, you should reduce the contact between the vulva and bathtubs, toilets, etc. to reduce the possibility of disease. After becoming ill, seek timely treatment, but do not abuse medication casually, and do not scratch with your hands, scald with hot water, wash with soap, etc., so as not to aggravate the condition.