What are the symptoms of vulvar infection?

In our lives, many women suffer from gynecological diseases. Most women with gynecological diseases are caused by bad living habits. Especially women who have given birth have a higher probability of suffering from gynecological diseases. Vulvar infection is a common gynecological disease. When women have vulvar infection, they often feel itchy vulvar skin. So what are the symptoms of vulvar infection?

Vulvitis is an inflammatory lesion of the skin or mucous membrane of the vulva. The vulva can develop a variety of diseases due to various bacterial infections. Don't be nervous, it is not a serious illness. It is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment. As long as the symptoms of vaginitis are taken seriously in a timely manner, patients can detect the disease as early as possible, which will help them receive regular treatment.

Differentiating vaginitis requires the following points:

1. Symptoms

Common symptoms of vulvitis include itching, burning and pain in the vulvar skin, which worsens during activities, sexual intercourse and urination. In the acute phase, there is redness, swelling, congestion and scratches. In the chronic phase, there is inflammation, pain and itching, fissures and lichenification of the vulva. In some patients, the inner side of the labia minora becomes swollen, congested, eroded and covered with patches of eczema.

Common symptoms of vaginitis include increased vaginal discharge, grayish white discharge with a fishy odor, vaginal burning and stinging, as well as lower back and abdominal pain. From this we can see that there is no change in leucorrhea in vulvitis, but there is in vaginitis.

2. Affected area

Vulvitis mainly occurs in the female external genitalia, that is, the exposed part of the genitals. Vaginitis mainly occurs in the vagina. Bacteria invade the vagina, destroying the vagina's defense ability and causing inflammation.

3. Hazards of vulvitis and vaginitis

The harm of vulvitis mainly manifests in that it will affect women's fertility, irritate the female vulva, cause pain in the female vulva and affect normal life and work. Moreover, if vulvitis is not treated in time, it will lead to ulceration. Vulvar skin often becomes itchy, painful, ulcerated, and cracked, and even the vaginal opening may become narrow, affecting sexual life.

4. Classification of diseases

Vulvitis is divided into nonspecific vulvitis, fungal vulvitis, infantile vulvitis, Bartholin's glands, acute vulvar ulcers, and sexually transmitted diseases; vaginitis is divided into bacterial vaginitis, Trichomonas vaginitis, fungal vaginitis, vaginitis in elderly women, nonspecific vaginitis, etc.

The above is an introduction to the symptoms of vulvitis and the difference between it and vaginitis. It is important to distinguish the two types of inflammation in order to provide correct treatment.