Will vulvar leukoplakia affect life expectancy?

Will vulvar leukoplakia affect life expectancy? Vulvar leukoplakia is one of the difficult gynecological diseases. Women suffering from "vulvar leukoplakia" are very scared and wonder if it is a precancerous lesion. In recent years, a large number of clinical experiments have confirmed that its canceration rate is only about 2%. So, will vulvar leukoplakia affect life expectancy? The following is a detailed introduction for you.

Will vulvar leukoplakia affect life expectancy? Generally speaking, the disease will not affect the patient's life expectancy, but if cancer occurs, it will have a certain impact on the patient's life expectancy, so we must be vigilant. Once the disease occurs, we need to pay enough attention and actively seek treatment to avoid causing more serious harm.

Endocrine diseases are caused by pathological changes in endocrine glands and tissues themselves, or by genetics, enzyme defects, immune function and other reasons, which cause endocrine disorders. They cause local connective tissue hyperplasia and imbalance in the stimulation of epidermal metabolism, leading to vulvar leukoplakia.

The main symptom is severe vulvar itching, which can last from 2 to 3 months from onset to treatment, or up to 20 years. The severity of the itching is not affected by season or day or night. Patients with vulvar squamous epithelial hyperplasia feel more severe itching. If accompanied by trichomonas or candidal vaginitis, there will be more secretions, and local burning and stinging are related to skin and mucosal damage or infection caused by itching. There is varying degrees of local skin and mucosal hypopigmentation, often with edema, chapped skin and scattered superficial ulcers.

Patients with vulvar leukoplakia should also keep the affected area dry, ventilated and cool, wear moisture-absorbing, breathable, loose, soft, all-cotton underwear, and avoid wearing underwear made of acrylic and other chemical fibers. In daily life, they should also pay attention to the regulation of life pressure and emotions, maintain a positive and optimistic attitude, and the family members of the patients should also give the patients the greatest comfort to build up their confidence in overcoming the disease.