Don't use hot water to wash your private parts if they itch. Treating the symptoms is the only way to cure it.

When women find their vulva itchy, how should they solve it?

It is taboo for women to wash their private parts with hot water

For vulvar itching, some patients not only frequently wash the skin with scalding soap, but also apply hormone-containing drugs after scalding soap. The result is that the itching is temporarily effective, but the itching becomes worse after stopping, and the itching becomes more stubborn with more treatment, and may not be cured for many years. To cure stubborn vulvar itching, first stop all scalding and washing measures and do not take any medication on your own. When not using medicine, you can use a thick, cold towel to wet the vulva, wash the towel every 3 minutes and do not let it become hot. Continue to apply cold compress until the itching stops, and apply again if it itches again. Since the normal vaginal flora has a self-cleaning effect, there is no need to artificially flush the vagina every day to destroy the natural self-cleaning function. Under normal circumstances, there is no need to repeatedly flush the vagina with a wash solution.

Cleaning the vulva, precautions

Some people mistakenly believe that the vulva is a dirty place, and wash it with soap, hot water, salt water, cleaning liquid or disinfectant every night. They also say that it feels comfortable after washing. In fact, the vulva is not dirtier than the mouth and nose. Excessive cleaning, disinfection and comfort-seeking will cause imbalance of vulva flora, local inflammation, worse itching, and even cause perianal inflammation, cystitis, retrograde pyelonephritis, etc.

Experts from Shanghai Metropolitan Gynecology Hospital explained that it is generally not recommended to use vaginal wash liquid for routine cleaning. Because some washes will affect the pH value of the vagina, and some washes contain chemical ingredients, the skin may be allergic to it or these ingredients may irritate the vulvar skin, which is not good. The vagina has an acidic environment and is home to many bacteria that are beneficial to us. Cleaning the vagina will affect these natural barriers.