What’s going on when it’s red and itchy down there?

Redness and itching down there is a phenomenon that many women will face. So if you want to solve it effectively, you must pay attention to understanding the cause. Common fungal vaginitis, vaginal trichomoniasis, or trichomoniasis infection may cause these symptoms.

1. Fungal vaginitis:

Itching of the vulva and vagina, flushing of the vulva, and leucorrhea resembling bean curd residue with an odor. Scratching may cause eczematous changes of the vulva dermatitis.

2. Vaginal trichomoniasis:

Itching of the vulva and vagina, foamy leucorrhea, often accompanied by a special odor, and scratching also causes eczematous changes in the vulva dermatitis. A vaginal smear test can be used to distinguish it from the above conditions.

3. Pubic lice:

Pubic lice often lie on the surface of the skin or attach to the roots of pubic hair. Pubic lice eggs are grayish white and the size of a pinhead. The bites of pubic lice and their venom and excrement can cause itching and desquamation of the skin, and may lead to eczematous changes and folliculitis.

4. Pinworm infection:

It mainly attacks 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, and irritate the skin and mucous membranes of the vulva, causing local itching.

5. Scabies infection:

When scabies occurs, the external skin lesions are the most severe, so local itching is also the most obvious.

6. Local skin uncleanness:

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.