Causes of vulvar itching in girls

I believe that female friends are no strangers to vulvar itching. External itching brings many inconveniences to our lives, and we often find it difficult to talk about this situation, and it is difficult for us to find a solution. Young girls often experience vulvar itching. So why do young girls feel vulvar itching? Let’s take a look at the causes of vulvar itching.

1. Vulvar dryness: Excessive use of potassium permanganate solution for sitz baths and vulvar dryness in postmenopausal women can also cause vulvar itching, which is the main cause of vulvar itching.

2. Various diseases of the vulva: such as vulvar eczema, vulvar hypopigmentation or leukoplakia, vulvar ringworm, vulvar neurodermatitis, vulvar condyloma, etc. can cause vulvar itching.

3. Irritation from secretions: Inflammation of the reproductive tract caused by fungi, gonococci, Trichomonas, and bacteria, which produces abnormal leucorrhea, as well as stimulation from urine (thin urine, urinary incontinence) and feces (thin feces) can cause vulvar itching.

4. Chemicals and drugs stimulate local itching: such as alkaline soaps, condoms, sanitary napkins, synthetic underwear, etc., which directly contact the local area and stimulate itching.

5. Systemic diseases. Systemic diseases mainly include diabetes, anemia, leukemia, polycythemia, skin diseases, hepatobiliary diseases (such as jaundice), kidney diseases, lymphoma, etc. In addition to general itching, vulvar itching is often accompanied. According to statistics, 3.4% of 500 diabetic patients had localized itching, mainly vulvar itching.

6. Drug rash: "Fixed drug rash" caused by women with allergic constitution taking sulfonamides or other drugs often occurs at the junction of the skin and mucous membrane of the vulva, causing local itching. Vulvar itching may also occur if allergic reactions and contact dermatitis occur after using drugs for vaginal douching or vaginal implantation.

7. Skin diseases of the vulva: The skin lesions of tinea cruris often extend to the vulva, causing severe local itching. The local itching caused by vulvar eczema neurodermatitis is more severe, and vulvar leukoplakia also often causes local itching.

8. Mental factors: When you are worried, depressed, nervous, or irritable, you will often feel itchy vulva, which becomes more itchy the more you scratch it.

9. Dietary factors: Lack of iron, riboflavin, vitamin A, vitamin E, fat, etc. in food causes dryness, flaking and itching of the vulvar skin.

The above article introduces in detail the causes of vulvar itching in girls. If we encounter this situation. It is recommended to have a gynecological examination and keep the area dry at ordinary times, and do not expose your underwear to boiling water or the sun. Regardless of whether the vulvar itching before and after menstruation is caused by a virus or bacterial infection, you should first check to identify the condition in a timely manner, and then receive standardized, systematic and scientific treatment to fundamentally solve the disease. If you just go for treatment blindly, you will not only waste money but also fail to cure the disease, delay the condition, and miss the best treatment period. Female friends must always be vigilant about the causes of vulvar itching.