Middle-aged women should actively prevent vulvar leukoplakia

Vulvar leukoplakia is a common disease among women. The initial symptoms are not serious, but if it is not prevented and treated in time, it will cause more serious late-stage symptoms and may even lead to cancer, seriously endangering the patient's life. Middle-aged women, in particular, should pay more attention to the prevention of vulvar leukoplakia than women of other age groups.

Leukoplakia vulvae usually occurs first on the inner and outer sides of the labia minora and the clitoris, and then extends to the inner side of the labia majora, showing grayish-white patches with keratinized, rough, and even cracked surfaces, accompanied by infiltration and hypertrophy, and severe itching. The only difference between white keratosis and leukoplakia vulvae is the severity of the damage, and the diagnosis still needs to rely on pathological examination. Clinically, white keratosis is a pale white patch with hypopigmentation, no infiltration or mild infiltration, unclear boundaries, and mild itching; while leukoplakia vulvae is a white, thickened, infiltrated plaque with clear boundaries, cracks, and some small pieces of erosion and ulcers.

Vulvar leukoplakia is a precancerous lesion with a canceration rate of 4%-10%. It can be diagnosed based on clinical and pathological data, but it needs to be differentiated from vulvar lichen sclerosus atrophicus, which is atrophic blue-white flat papules that merge into pale white hypopigmented spots, accompanied by adhesion and atrophy of the labia minora. In histopathological terms, the epidermis atrophies and the superficial collagen fibers of the dermis undergo a monodispersed degeneration, so it can be differentiated. Actively preventing vulvar leukoplakia and timely controlling the disease are necessary measures to prevent vulvar leukoplakia from becoming cancerous.

I believe that after reading the above, readers will pay more attention to the prevention of vulvar leukoplakia. Although vulvar leukoplakia is not age-specific, middle-aged women are a high-risk group for vulvar leukoplakia and need to pay more attention to their own health status.

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