Suddenly my vagina is itchy

Vulva itching is a problem that many women often encounter. It not only poses a great threat to women's genital health, but also affects women's daily life. If the vagina is itchy, the quality of women's sleep at night will be affected, and over time it will easily lead to women becoming listless. If vaginal itching is not treated in time, it may even damage a woman's fertility. So, what is the reason for the sudden itching of the vagina?

1. Trichomonas vaginalis infection

When the acidity of a woman's vaginal mucosa decreases, the production of lactic acid decreases, making vaginal Trichomonas infection more likely to occur, which manifests as foamy leucorrhea and vulvar itching.

2. Local skin is unclean

Some women use toilet paper improperly, and the skin of the vulva is soaked by menstrual blood, vaginal secretions, and even urine, feces and sweat, which causes chronic inflammation of the local skin and causes vulva itching.

3. Fungal infection

For women with diabetes or long-term use of antibiotics that cause imbalance of normal flora, Candida albicans among fungi can easily invade the vulva and vagina, causing fungal vulvar and vaginitis, often with bean curd-like leucorrhea and vulvar itching.

4. Drug rash

"Fixed drug rash" caused by sulfonamides or other drugs in women with allergic constitution often occurs at the junction of the skin and mucous membrane of the vulva. In addition to local itching, it may be complicated by erosion and exudation. Vulvar itching may also occur if allergic reactions and contact dermatitis occur when using drugs for vaginal washing or vaginal insertion.

5. Viral infection

Genital warts mostly occur on the female vaginal wall, cervix and vulva, and may also cause foul-smelling leucorrhea. Molluscum contagiosum occurring in the vulva often presents as round papules with an umbilical-like depression in the center, and may also cause itching in the vulva. Genital herpes is often manifested by the appearance of bright, rice-sized blisters on the urethral opening and vaginal wall, in addition to local itching.

6. Genital skin diseases

The skin lesions of tinea cruris often extend to the vulva, causing severe local itching. The local itching caused by vulvar eczema and neurodermatitis is more severe. The former is manifested as papules and blisters with unclear local skin boundaries and erosion exudate, while the latter often causes thickening of the skin with lichenification due to scratching. In addition to causing local itching, leukoplakia of the vulva is often accompanied by vulvar malnutrition and skin atrophy.

7. Parasitic infections

Pinworms mainly attack young girls, but adult women can also be infected. When the anus relaxes at night, pinworms crawl out of the rectum and swim to the vulva to mate and lay eggs, irritating the skin and mucous membranes of the vulva, causing local itching. When scabies is caused by scabies infection, the external skin lesions are the most serious, so local itching is also the most obvious. Pubic lice are manifested by severe itching in the area where pubic hair grows, and grayish-white millet-sized nits or lice may be found at the base of the pubic hair or on the hair shafts.

How to deal with female vulva itching?

1. Choose cotton underwear

Do not wear tight or ill-fitting underwear, change and wash them frequently, and develop good underwear washing habits.

2. Avoid going to unclean public swimming pools

Trichomonas can be transmitted through public baths, bathtubs, bath towels, swimming pools, toilets, clothing, etc. Especially in the summer, seats in public baths, swimming pools, and borrowed swimsuits that are not properly disinfected may cause infection.

3. Keep the vulva clean

Usually, you should pay attention to keeping the vulva in a clean and dry environment. Do not wash it with hot water or scrub it with soap. Avoid using feminine hygiene sprays or scented or deodorizing soaps; simply washing the vulva with water is a good cleansing solution.

4. Massage the itchy private parts

In order to help female friends effectively relieve the discomfort of abnormal leucorrhea and vaginal infection, here are 3 acupoints that can help reduce and improve itching and discomfort:

(1) Quchi point

The Quchi point has the function of dissipating heat and clearing away evil heat, and helps reduce the production of genital secretions. In addition, pressing the Quchi point can also suppress vaginal itching and discomfort.

(2) Hegu acupoint

Hegu point can improve the body's recurring infections and inflammation problems, inhibit the discomfort of skin itching, and also has the effect of calming nerves, eliminating tension and irritability, and treating dysmenorrhea.

(3) Taichong Point

Taichong point has the functions of clearing liver heat, removing liver fire, calming emotions, soothing the liver and regulating qi, and relieving stress. It has a good effect on improving abnormal leucorrhea and itching caused by stress.

Private itching may not be a big problem for many friends, but in fact the occurrence of this disease will bring great hidden dangers to women's reproductive health. Therefore, it is very necessary for female friends to learn how to prevent and treat it.