What are the treatments for atrophic vulvar leukoplakia?

The most important thing for women is the health of their reproductive organs. Various types of gynecological diseases seriously affect the health of female friends, such as atrophic vulvar leukoplakia, which will cause the skin of the female vulva to become dry and loose, and the labia majora and minora will become loose and atrophied, affecting sexual life. Here are some methods for treating atrophic vulvar leukoplakia.

What causes female vulvar atrophy?

1. Endocrine disorders: When pathological abnormalities occur in the endocrine glands or tissues themselves or problems occur in the immune function, it is easy to cause endocrine disorders, which in turn lead to endocrine diseases. There is a tissue-specific protein hormone called "inhibitin" in the dermis that can inhibit the division and growth of epidermal cells and only acts locally on the epidermis. Endocrine disorders cause an imbalance between local connective tissue hyperplasia and the stimulation of epidermal metabolism in that area, leading to vulvar leukoplakia.

2. Vulvar infection and inflammation: There are many factors that cause vulvar infection and inflammation, such as poor hygiene habits, unclean sexual life, wearing chemical fiber underwear, unclean sanitary products, bathing in a bathhouse, swimming in a bathhouse, etc., which lead to vaginal inflammation. If not treated in time, the inflammatory secretions will infiltrate into the perineum. Long-term infection and stimulation will damage the skin and mucous membranes, causing redness, swelling, ulcers and lesions, and forming vulvar leukoplakia.

3. Family inheritance: About 10% to 30% of patients suffer from vulvar leukoplakia due to inheritance or intergenerational inheritance, and the hereditary-induced vulvar leukoplakia is mainly atrophic vulvar leukoplakia, and patients are more common in young girls. Therefore, in clinical practice, for patients with vulvar leukoplakia under the age of 15, doctors should first consider family genetic factors, inquire whether there are patients with vulvar leukoplakia in the patient's parents' family, and then carry out specific treatment after confirming the cause.

4. Inflammatory stimulation: Inflammation can cause local nerve and blood vessel damage in the pudendum. A small number of parturients may suffer from trichomoniasis, candidal vaginitis, cervical erosion and other inflammations, which can cause increased vaginal secretions and abnormal leucorrhea. Long-term irritation to the vulva can cause vulvar leukoplakia.

5. Perineal trauma: The female perineum may be traumatized due to certain factors. For example, vaginal delivery during pregnancy may cause perineal tearing, which may damage the local nerves and blood vessels of the perineum, and may lead to vulvar leukoplakia. However, this phenomenon is relatively rare in clinical practice, so female friends can rest assured.

Treatment with Chinese medicine: There are medicines in ancient Chinese medicine prescriptions that can treat and relieve vulvar leukoplakia, such as Yinbansan, which has the main effects of refreshing and fumigating the private parts, clearing away heat, dampness and toxins, eliminating freckles and relieving itching, nourishing yin and blood, and can relieve the pain caused by vulvar leukoplakia to a certain extent. This prescription takes effect quickly, and should be used for fumigation and recuperation every morning and evening. The key to cure is persistence. Once you stop using this medicine, there is a high risk of recurrence.

Drug treatment: suitable for those with mild symptoms. Local application of hormone drugs, local injection of anaerobic bacteria and traditional Chinese medicine treatment, etc.

Physical microwave therapy: pay attention to the use of equipment such as carbon dioxide laser, Bohm light, high-frequency electric knife, or use local electrocautery therapy, liquid nitrogen local freezing therapy, etc. This treatment method is harmful to women's body. Scars are likely to form after treatment, and the disease is prone to recurrence after recovery.

Under normal circumstances, atrophic vulvar white spots are a phenomenon that will occur in women after menopause, so everyone should take good care of their reproductive organs. If women want to have young skin for a long time, they need to have healthy reproductive organs. At the same time, they should pay attention to the cleaning of the lower body, change underwear frequently, keep themselves clean, and refuse multiple sexual partners.