Common symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia

People need to know the obvious manifestations of common vulvar leukoplakia symptoms. Because the incidence of vulvar leukoplakia is high, vulvar leukoplakia has become a disease that people pay more attention to. Let's take a look at how experts introduce the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia .

The symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia mainly include atrophic and hyperplastic types, namely:

1. Typical symptoms of atrophic vulvar leukoplakia at each stage

Stage I atrophic type: The symptoms of 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.

Stage II atrophic type: The symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia are mild atrophy of the vulva, usually starting from the labia majora, minora, and clitoris. The labia majora and minora have reduced elasticity, and the surface wrinkles are reduced or absent. Vulvar pruritus is relatively mild. Due to atrophy, there may be dryness of the vulva and discomfort during sexual intercourse. Localized hypopigmentation of the vulvar skin occurs in multiple spots or flakes.

Stage III atrophic type: severe symptoms. The labia majora of the vulva are flat, the labia minora disappear, and the clitoris shrinks and becomes smaller or adheres. The urethral opening atrophies, and in severe cases, urinary incontinence occurs. The vaginal opening atrophies, and sexual intercourse becomes difficult. Some patients also have anal leukoplakia and atrophy, causing the skin around the anus to have no wrinkles, reduced elasticity, and anal fissures during defecation. About 50% of patients have large areas of hypopigmentation on the vulvar skin.

2. Typical symptoms of hyperplastic vulvar leukoplakia at each stage

Stage I hyperplastic type: The main symptom of vulvar leukoplakia is vulvar itching. Some patients experience severe itching, which worsens at night. Scratching often causes redness, swelling and ulceration, and may cause discomfort such as burning.

Stage II hyperplastic type: Based on the symptoms of stage I, keratinization and hyperplasia appear in the affected area, and mild hypopigmentation appears locally on the vulvar skin (usually on the inner side of the labia majora and minora), in the form of dots or small white papules, with a frosty white surface.

Stage III hyperplastic type: severe hyperplasia of skin keratinization, repeated shedding of the keratin layer, or scratching causing vulvar irritation, edema, fissures, ulceration and erosion. Symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia may include itching accompanied by pain. Patients feel that the symptoms are severe, but the treatment effect of this type of patients is rapid. Within one course of treatment, the symptoms of about 85% of patients are basically eliminated.

The above is the explanation given by experts on the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia. I hope it can help you answer your questions. Experts suggest that some diseases have no early symptoms or are not obvious. For your health, the best way is to have regular physical examinations, detect the disease early, and prescribe the right medicine.

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