Eczema on genital area

Eczema can really grow everywhere, even in the very private part of the human body, the genitals. In medicine, there is a special category name for eczema that grows on the genitals. The causes of genital eczema are slightly different from eczema in other parts of the body. It is more due to problems with the secretion of substances and hormones in the genitals themselves, creating an environment suitable for the growth of eczema viruses.

Causes

1. Allergens mainly include: cosmetics, radiation, plant pollen, eggs, fish, shrimp, milk and other foreign proteins;

2. Metabolites in the body, intestinal parasites, digestive tract diseases, and autoantibodies produced in the body, etc.

3. Mental factors lead to neuroendocrine dysfunction, which increases the skin's susceptibility to various stimuli and easily induces eczema.

Clinical manifestations

1. Acute phase

Erythema, edema, papules, and blisters gather in groups. Blisters may fuse, rupture, erode, exude, and form crusts. The lesions are often symmetrically distributed, relatively localized and recurrent.

2. Subacute phase

Erosion and exudation decrease, and scabs and desquamation appear.

3. Chronic stage

After the acute stage, the inflammatory response becomes milder, manifested as skin thickening, cracking, desquamation, and accompanied by pigmentation or hypopigmentation.

treat

Isolate allergens and various adverse stimuli; treat chronic systemic diseases; keep the perineum clean and dry, and do not use irritating cleansers or creams; avoid eating irritating and allergenic foods; adjust the mental and psychological state.

1. Systemic medication

Intravenous or oral anti-allergic drugs, steroid hormones, and appropriate antibiotics when infection occurs.

2. Local treatment

(1) In the acute phase, calamine lotion, boric acid solution, potassium permanganate solution, zinc oxide oil, etc. may be used as appropriate.

(2) Various types of cortisol creams can be used in the subacute phase.

(3) In the chronic stage, cortisol, antipruritic agents, flufenamic acid butyl ointment, etc. can be used. Cryosurgery, radioactive isotopes, superficial X-ray treatment, etc. can also be used.

3. Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine dialectical treatment and integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment can also have good therapeutic effects.