What causes clitoral itching and swelling?

There are many reasons for itching and redness of the female clitoris and vulva, which are related to medical infections and cause many symptoms. For example, the vulva is dry and the secretions are reduced, which often cause symptoms such as itching and redness. In addition, infections such as fungi and gonococci can easily cause such diseases. For patients with allergic constitutions, improper use of medication or allergies can easily cause such symptoms.

1. Dry vulva:

Excessive use of potassium permanganate solution for sitz baths and dryness of the vulva in postmenopausal women can also cause vulvar itching, which is the main cause of vulvar itching.

2. Various diseases of the vulva:

Vulvar itching can be caused by vulvar eczema, vulvar hypopigmentation or leukoplakia, vulvar ringworm, vulvar neurodermatitis, and vulvar genital eczema.

3. Secretion stimulation:

Genital tract inflammation caused by fungi, gonococci, Trichomonas, and bacteria, which produces abnormal leucorrhea, as well as the stimulation of urine (thin urine, urinary incontinence) and feces (thin feces) can cause vulvar itching.

4. Chemicals and drugs stimulate local itching:

Such as alkaline soaps, condoms, sanitary napkins, synthetic underwear, etc. Direct contact will irritate the local area and cause itching.

5. Systemic diseases.

Systemic diseases mainly include diabetes, anemia, leukemia, polycythemia, skin diseases, hepatobiliary diseases (such as jaundice), kidney diseases, lymphoma, etc. In addition to general itching, vulvar itching is often accompanied. According to statistics, 3.4% of 500 diabetic patients had localized itching, mainly vulvar itching.

6. Drug rash:

"Fixed drug rash" caused by sulfonamides or other drugs in women with allergic constitutions often occurs at the junction of the skin and mucous membranes of the vulva, causing local itching. Vulvar itching may also occur if allergic reactions and contact dermatitis occur after using drugs for vaginal douching or vaginal implantation.

7. 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 neurodermatitis is more severe, and vulvar leukoplakia also often causes local itching.

8. Mental factors:

If you are worried, depressed, nervous, or irritable, you will often feel itchy vulva, and the more you scratch, the more itchy it becomes.

9. Dietary factors:

Lack of iron, riboflavin, vitamin A, vitamin E, fat, etc. in food can cause the vulvar skin to become dry, scaly, and itchy.

10. Malnutrition of the vulva,

Varicose veins of the vulva will cause itching and swelling of the vulva.

11. Rectovaginal fistula, anal fistula, and stool contamination.

12. Inflammatory stimulation

For example, itching and swelling of the vulva is caused by the stimulation of inflammatory secretions in cases of Trichomonas vaginitis, candidal vaginitis, and chronic cervicitis.