Experts will help you understand the pathological causes of vulvar atrophy

Many patients with vulvar leukoplakia will find different symptoms of vulvar skin atrophy , but they have no understanding of such symptoms and therefore cannot take appropriate measures to alleviate the condition, which causes great psychological pressure on patients, affects their mood and physical condition, and has an adverse effect on treatment.

The vulvar skin atrophies, and the lesion area is a white patch. The skin becomes thinner and shiny to varying degrees. In typical cases, the lesion area resembles cigarette paper. The lesions are distributed in a fused manner in many cases, and in a few cases they are scattered. In severe cases, the clitoris atrophies and disappears, the foreskin tightens, the skin wrinkles become flat, and a narrow slit forms at the vaginal opening. In the early stage of vulvar leukoplakia, the skin atrophy lesions may be asymptomatic or only mildly itchy, and the symptoms of sexual intercourse difficulties appear earlier. It is accompanied by tingling and itching. Local symptoms: In the early stage, the vulvar skin atrophies and becomes lighter and whiter. Sometimes the labia majora and minora become lighter and whiter, and the vulva generally becomes white, affecting the labia minora, clitoris, clitoral frenulum and anus. In the middle stage, the skin of the affected area may become whiter and more severe due to excessive keratinization, the skin becomes dry, chapped, and inelastic, the labia minora becomes thinner, atrophied, and disappears, and the clitoris atrophies and adheres. In the late stage, the vulva atrophies significantly.

What are the causes of vulvar skin atrophy? Why does the vulva atrophy occur in patients with vulvar leukoplakia? First, primary vulvar atrophy: in elderly women after menopause, the ovarian function declines, the estrogen level decreases, and the target organs atrophy accordingly; second, vulvar white lesions: divided into proliferative type, lichen sclerosus type and mixed type. Among them, after a long period of time, the inflammatory lesions of the lichen sclerosus type cause the elastic tissue of the dermis to disappear and fibrosis occurs, and the clitoris and labia minora atrophy; third, lichen planus: caused by chronic stimulation such as leucorrhea and scratching, often complicated by severe atrophic changes; fourth, vulvar leukoplakia: it is a proliferative change of the vulvar mucosa, and 10% to 20% will undergo malignant changes. It may be caused by long-term stimulation such as trauma, inflammation, allergy, infection, etc., and may eventually cause vulvar skin atrophy.

The above are the pathological causes of vulvar skin atrophy. We hope that by understanding the vulvar skin atrophy caused by vulvar leukoplakia, we can resolve patients’ doubts, avoid patients’ worries about disease symptoms, and make the treatment process more targeted.

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