Why do women feel a little itchy down there?

If a woman feels a little itchy down there, it should never be ignored, because sometimes it may be caused by vulvar infection, such as vaginal infection or not paying attention to private hygiene, which may cause bacterial infection and cause itching.

1. Due to unclean private parts, 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.

2. Causes of vulvar infection (1) When the acidity of the female vaginal mucosa decreases, the production of lactic acid decreases, making vaginal Trichomonas infection more likely to occur, manifested as foamy leucorrhea and vulvar itching. (2) For women with diabetes or long-term antibiotic use that causes dysbiosis of normal flora, Candida albicans, a type of fungus, can easily invade the vulva and vagina, causing fungal vulvar and vaginitis, often with dregs-like leucorrhea and vulvar itching. (3) 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.

3. Drug rash: "Fixed drug rash" caused by women with allergic constitution taking sulfonamides or other drugs 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. Finally, the itching below a woman’s body may be caused by a skin disease of the vulva. 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. So, if a woman has itchy private parts, don't be shy to seek treatment. You must go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible and seek timely treatment after finding out the cause. Otherwise, the condition will become more serious and affect your life and work.