What psychological concerns do patients with vulvar leukoplakia have?

Vulvar leukoplakia is a common gynecological disease, also known as vulvar white lesions or vulvar dystrophy, which is tissue degeneration and pigment changes caused by local nerve and vascular nutrition disorders of the vulva. Patients often have a variety of negative emotions such as tension, anxiety, and inferiority. Understanding these negative psychological concerns can help patients untie their knots and promote recovery.

1. Worry about infection

In addition to itching symptoms, vulvar leukoplakia also manifests as varying degrees of hypopigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes, often with edema, chapped skin, and scattered superficial ulcers. Many patients believe that the disease is contagious, and therefore develop an inferiority complex and cowardly mentality, becoming depressed every day and unwilling to communicate with their family.

2. Worry about cancer

Many patients do not have enough knowledge about vulvar leukoplakia and think that since it is a gynecological disease, it may turn into cancer over time, so they become worried, anxious and fearful. In fact, the cancer rate of vulvar leukoplakia is about 2%, which is mainly caused by external factors such as malnutrition. As long as timely treatment and recuperation are carried out, health can be restored. Patients should not be overly nervous or anxious.

3. Worrying about your husband being unhappy

Due to the particularity of the site of onset, many female patients are worried that their husbands will be disgusted or dissatisfied when seeing the bad appearance of their vulva, so patients have great psychological pressure, such as guilt and shame. This may cause sexual indifference and cause emotional discord between husband and wife in the long run.