Picture of acne on the female vulva

The female genitals are the most private and sensitive area of ​​the female body, and are also the area where gynecological diseases most often occur. Among them, many women find small pimples on their vulva and worry that it will affect their health. Therefore, they often ask what is going on with pimples on the vulva? What causes vulvar itching? Next, I will introduce them one by one for your reference.

What causes pimples on female vulva?

1. Vestibular gland cyst

Small bumps on the vulva may be vestibular gland cysts. The entrance and exit of the greater vestibular glands are located on the inner side of the labia minora, and bacteria can easily invade and cause inflammation. Generally, the bacteria first invade the epithelial cells of the Bartholin's gland ducts, causing swelling of the mucosa, or causing adhesions after the branch duct tissue is damaged, resulting in branch blockage, which prevents secretions from being discharged and causes Bartholin's gland cysts. It is often unilateral and varies in size.

2. Vulvitis

Another possibility for small bumps on the vulva is vulvitis, which is caused by vaginitis caused by bacteria, fungi, Trichomonas, etc., which irritate the skin of the private parts through secretions. In daily life, because the vulva is easily contaminated with urine, excrement, and secretions, the private skin is often in a humid environment, which is suitable for the growth of bacteria. At this time, if the private skin is scratched, or if hygiene is not taken seriously, or if the body's immunity is weakened, the hair follicles and surrounding tissues may be infected by staphylococci and other bacteria, which may cause local vulvitis and private eczema.

3. Pseudo-condyloma

This disease is caused by common Trichomonas vaginitis and leucorrhea with irritating odor, and is called pseudocondyloma. Pseudo-condyloma is a disease characterized by velvety or caviar-like protrusions on the inner side of the labia minora, which may be light pink or slightly transparent, with relatively uniform size, no active symptoms, and no need for treatment.

4. Symptoms Genital warts

There are other possibilities for small bumps on the vulva, which are genital warts caused by human papillomavirus infection. This disease is mainly caused by unclean sexual life and is a reproductive tract infection. At present, in the clinical practice of urology and venereology, it is found that the symptoms of pimples on women's vulva are almost all caused by genital warts. Therefore, women should pay attention to it and seek medical treatment in time when they find pimples on their vulva.

What causes vulvar itching?

1. Toxoplasma gondii infection

When the acidity and alkalinity of the female vaginal mucosa decreases, the conversion of lactic acid bacteria decreases, making it easy for Toxoplasma gondii infection to occur, which is manifested by foamy leucorrhea and vulva itching.

2. Some skin is not clean

Some women use handkerchiefs improperly, and the vulva skin is soaked by menstruation, female secretions, and even urine, feces and sweat, which causes local skin inflammation, resulting in vulva itching.

3. Fungal infection

Women with diabetes or long-term use of antibiotics causing normal intestinal flora imbalance, fungi Candida albicans are easy to invade the private parts and vagina, causing fungal private parts and vaginitis, often with bean curd-like leucorrhea and vulva itching.

4. Drug rash

Women with allergic constitutions who take sulfonamides or other drugs may develop "fixed drug eruption", which often occurs at the junction of the vulvar skin and mucosa. In addition to local itching, it may also be complicated by erosion and exudation. Using drugs for vaginal cleaning or vaginal insertion in women, such as allergic symptoms and contact dermatitis, can also cause vulvar itching.

5. Vulvar skin diseases

The skin lesions of tinea cruris often extend to the vulva, causing severe itching in the area. The local itching caused by vulvar eczema and neurodermatitis is more intense. The former is mainly manifested by papules and blisters with unclear boundaries and erosion exudate on some skin, while the latter often causes thickening of the skin with moss and lichenification due to scratching. In addition to causing vulvar itching, leukoplakia of the vulva often leads to secondary malnutrition of the private parts and skin atrophy.

6. Virus infection

Most genital warts occur on the vaginal wall, cervix and vulva of women, and secretions with a foul odor appear. Molluscum contagiosum occurring on the vulva is often manifested as annular papules with an umbilicus-like indentation in the center, and may also cause vulvar itching. The main manifestation of genital herpes is the appearance of millet-sized, shiny blisters on the urethral opening and vaginal wall, which are sometimes itchy.

7. Sparganosis infection

Pinworms mainly attack women, but adult women can also be infected. When the anus relaxes at night, pinworms crawl out of the duodenum and move to the vulva to mate and lay eggs, irritating the vulva mucosa and causing local itching. When scabies is caused by scabies, the external skin lesions are the most serious, so the local itching is also the most obvious. Pubic lice are mainly manifested by severe itching in the areas where pubic hair grows, and grayish-white rice-sized nits or fleas can be found at the roots of male pubic hairs or on the hair shafts.

8. Other reasons

When women suffer from diabetes, due to the irritation of urine sugar on the private skin, they are prone to complications of bacterial private area and vaginitis, causing vulvar itching. When jaundice occurs in patients with cholecystitis and other diseases, vulvar itching may also occur due to the increase of bilirubin in the blood and the irritation of the skin by bile salts. In addition, some women may experience vulvar itching due to psychological factors when they are nervous.