Experts answer common treatment methods for vulvar leukoplakia

Vulvar leukoplakia is a disease with a high incidence rate among female friends, which is very harmful to women's health. Timely treatment of vulvar leukoplakia is very important for female friends. In view of this, the following will tell you about the common methods of treating vulvar leukoplakia.

In general, the common methods of treating vulvar leukoplakia are:

1. General treatment: Wear breathable underwear, avoid wearing non-breathable synthetic underwear, and keep the vulva clean and dry. Avoid eating spicy and allergic foods, which is very beneficial for the treatment of vulvar leukoplakia. Do not use irritating or overheated drugs or solutions to scrub the vulva or take a sitz bath, and avoid scratching the affected area with your hands or instruments. For those with severe local itching, you can take sedatives and antihistamines to treat vulvar leukoplakia. Cod liver oil, vitamins, etc. can help improve local nutrition and have a certain effect in treating vulvar leukoplakia.

2. Drug treatment: Drug treatment of vulvar leukoplakia can control itching, improve local lesions, and prevent the progression of lesions, but it is often easy to relapse after treatment. Studies have confirmed that 60% of vulvar squamous cell carcinomas have lichen sclerosus. Therefore, it is believed that vulvar lichen sclerosus is related to the occurrence of vulvar cancer and requires long-term follow-up, especially for vulvar lichen sclerosus combined with atypical hyperplasia of squamous epithelial cells, and the possibility of cancer should be vigilant.

3. Surgical treatment: Since the malignant transformation rate of vulvar lichen sclerosus is low, but the recurrence rate is high, surgical treatment of vulvar leukoplakia is rarely used. Local lesion excision or simple vulvectomy is mainly suitable for patients with obvious symptoms and repeated drug treatment is ineffective, especially those with local ulcers or severe atypical hyperplasia found in biopsy. Regular follow-up is still required after surgical treatment of vulvar leukoplakia.

The above is an introduction to the common methods of treating vulvar leukoplakia. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Patients should choose the method of treating vulvar leukoplakia that suits them according to their actual condition and should not choose blindly.