What are the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia?

Vulvar leukoplakia is a relatively common disease in life. It is mainly a disease that occurs when women do not pay attention to their diet and lifestyle. Vulvar leukoplakia is particularly harmful to women, so early treatment is necessary. To carry out timely treatment, you must know what symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia will appear, which has positive significance for treatment. Let us now understand the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia.

Vulvar leukoplakia has the following five symptoms

: 1. Pigment deposition, spread of white spots, and possibility of cancer: Although the manifestations of vulvar leukoplakia are different, such as itching and loss of pigmentation or depigmentation, they are not easy to distinguish with the naked eye. Even if the naked eye can diagnose, pathological classification cannot be achieved, especially the early detection of atypical hyperplasia (precancerous lesions). It has been reported in the literature that about 50% of vulvar squamous cell carcinomas are often accompanied by vulvar white lesions. Therefore, if the lesions are atypical or there are chronic fissures, localized thickening, or ulceration, the diagnosis must be confirmed by biopsy and pathological examination.

2. Severe and unbearable itching: Leukoplakia of the vulva is very harmful. After suffering from this disease, patients often feel unbearable itching in the vulva, as if a hole is drilled in the heart. The itching is paroxysmal, especially at night, accompanied by burning, dryness and discomfort, which seriously affects sleep. It can last for months or even decades. It is a stubborn disease with a very long incubation period. Therefore, when the itching of the vulva persists and becomes increasingly severe, female friends should be alert and go to the hospital for further examination immediately.

3. Burning, swelling and pain, strong burning sensation: The diagnosis of vulvar leukoplakia and vulvar itching may sometimes cause burning and pain. The skin of the affected area is rough, lichenified, scratched, and sometimes cracked. There is local hypopigmentation, and the labia majora and labia minora generally turn white. Mild atrophy may be seen on the vulva. In severe cases, the clitoris, labia majora and minora may atrophy and become adherent, and the labia minora may partially or completely disappear. The labia minora may then tighten, and the vaginal opening may become narrow and lose its elasticity, even affecting urination and sexual life.

4. Inherited to offspring and affect fertility: Vulvar leukoplakia can be inherited. Although vulvar leukoplakia is not contagious, if women do not receive thorough treatment, the disease will be inherited or passed down to the next generation, and the disease will be transmitted to the next generation. Therefore, patients with vitiligo should be treated early before marriage. Genetics is also a risk for vulvar leukoplakia. 5. The skin of the genitals is loose and atrophic: The main symptoms of atrophic vulvar leukoplakia are not obvious. Some patients have mild itching, no white lesions appear, and the vulva has atrophy that is not easily detected by the naked eye.

Through the above introduction, we know what symptoms will appear in vulvar leukoplakia. After discovering the above situation, we must go to the hospital for examination in time and carry out targeted treatment according to the cause. Generally, it will be cured after systematic treatment. The main thing is to develop a treatment method suitable for your own situation.