How to determine vulvar leukoplakia?

If women have vulvar leukoplakia, they should focus on two factors. The first is the factor of genital infection. Women who often do not pay attention to personal hygiene and women with reduced body resistance are prone to genital infection. In addition, endocrine disorders should be considered. There are many reasons that can cause endocrine disorders in women. For patients, it is very important to learn how to correctly judge vulvar leukoplakia. The specific judgment methods are as follows.

How to determine vulvar leukoplakia?

Due to the heavy work and family pressure, modern women are very likely to suffer from gynecological diseases and even serious reproductive system diseases. Many people may not know much about vulvar leukoplakia. It is a disease caused by vulvar cell lesions. Most female patients will find that their vulva turns white or mottled. If it is allowed to develop without any care, it may cause more serious lesions or even cancer in the later stage. Therefore, women should learn to self-diagnose vulvar leukoplakia. If they find themselves having the following symptoms, they should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.

Whitening or graying of the vulvar skin may be a sign of vulvar leukoplakia.

Some cases of vulvar leukoplakia are caused by cell degeneration, which results in the vulva being unable to absorb enough nutrients from the body. Over time, the vulva will turn white or become mottled. If this situation continues, the resistance of the female vulva and even the reproductive system will gradually decrease, leading to other more serious gynecological diseases. It should be noted that not all vulvar leukoplakia is caused by gynecological diseases. It may also be caused by vitiligo or albinism, so you must go to the hospital for timely examination and diagnosis.

The vulvar skin becomes rough and hard, accompanied by ulcers or cracks

Due to the pathological changes in vulvar cells, nutrients cannot be absorbed from the body, resulting in decreased body resistance and recovery ability of the patient. Years of illness have led to frequent occurrence of various gynecological diseases in patients, such as hardening, roughness, itching, ulcers, and cracks on the surface of the vulvar skin. Patients with severe vulvar leukoplakia may also suffer from vulvar atrophy or hyperplasia. Once women find these symptoms on their vulva, they should not deal with them on their own. They should seek medical attention in time to confirm whether it is vulvar leukoplakia and take appropriate medicine.

Unbearable vulvar itching may be caused by vulvar leukoplakia

In the early stages of vulvar leukoplakia, there may be no obvious changes in the skin, but instead there may be severe itching of the vulva and vagina. The main symptom is severe itching of the vulva, and the itching of the vulva and vagina may last for several months or even years from onset to treatment. The severity of the itching has nothing to do with the season, etc., and it is unbearable. Patients with vulvar squamous hyperplasia may experience more severe itching. If accompanied by trichomoniasis or candidal vaginitis, the secretions will be more, and the local burning, stinging and itching are related to the damage or infection of the skin and mucous membranes. There is varying degrees of local hypopigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes, often with edema, chapped skin and scattered superficial ulcers.

At present, the specific cause of vulvar leukoplakia is still not very clear. However, it may be related to the following factors: individual genes, autoimmunity, sex hormone deficiency or decreased sex hormone receptors, etc. Vulvar squamous epithelial hyperplasia may be related to vulvar moisture and long-term stimulation by secretions, leading to vulvar itching and repeated scratching. Therefore, if female friends find themselves having similar symptoms to vulvar leukoplakia, they must not panic or ignore it, but seek medical treatment in time. Vulvar leukoplakia is not scary.