What are the symptoms of vulvitis? Women should know more!

Vulvitis is a common gynecological disease in women, which causes great trouble to women's lives. The most typical symptom is vulvar itching, which is also embarrassing for women. Proper personal hygiene in daily life can prevent vulvitis, so how can we prevent it?

What are the symptoms of vulvitis in women?

1. Pain during sexual intercourse: When folliculitis occurs in the female vulva, abscesses will appear, causing redness and swelling of the vulva and pain, which will then form boils, accompanied by pain during urination and sexual intercourse.

2. Redness, swelling and congestion: When suffering from acute vulvitis, redness, swelling and congestion will appear, and there will also be symptoms such as itching, pain, congestion, erosion and patches of eczema.

3. Vulvar itching: This is the main symptom of vulvitis, and there will also be a burning sensation and pain, especially when engaging in physical labor or after sexual intercourse, the symptoms are more severe.

4. Mucosal congestion: The vulvar skin and mucosa of female friends with vulvitis will have varying degrees of swelling and congestion, and may even have varying degrees of erosion and ulcers.

How to effectively prevent vulvitis?

1. Cut off transmission and strengthen health education

Women who love swimming must pay attention to hygiene, encourage showering, and avoid using each other's towels, shorts, basins, etc. to prevent cross infection. Get rid of bad habits, actively participate in healthy recreational activities, and prevent diseases to make every woman healthy and happy.

2. Personal hygiene care

First, communicate with the patients to understand their hygiene habits. For those who do not pay attention to hygiene, patiently explain the advantages and disadvantages of paying attention to hygiene. They are required to pay attention to personal hygiene, wash the vulva every day, change shorts, and use dedicated towels; wash the towels and changed shorts every day, scald or boil them in boiling water for more than 30 minutes, take them out and expose them to the sun. Do not dry them in the shade. Hang them in a ventilated place to dry when there is no sun. And ask her husband to pay the same attention to personal hygiene.

3. Care for people who use sanitary pads for a long time

For this type of patients, the advantages and disadvantages of sanitary pads are introduced to them in detail. The disadvantage is that they have poor air permeability. Long-term use will cause local moisture, which is also a cause of inflammation, especially if used every day. Generally, they are okay to use during menstruation, but a few are allergic to sanitary pads, and their vulva will also become inflamed and itchy when used during menstruation. The vulvar inflammation of these patients improved after switching to toilet paper.

4. Nursing for bad medication habits

A small number of patients who had suffered from vulvitis were cured by taking drugs to treat the vulvar inflammation. However, these patients lacked health knowledge. They thought that long-term washing the vulva with drugs was health care and they would not suffer from vulvitis again. However, they did not know that long-term use of drugs would irritate the skin and make the vulva more uncomfortable. Such patients should be educated to stop taking the medication immediately and not to buy medicine for long-term use on their own. Under normal circumstances, just wash with warm water and keep it clean. If the disease is diagnosed by a doctor, appropriate medication will be used according to the condition.