How to treat vulvar itching with odor

How to treat vulvar itching with odor?

First of all, we need to identify the cause so that we can treat it accordingly.

1. Local skin is unclean. Women use toilet paper incorrectly, which causes the vulvar skin to be soaked with menstrual blood, vaginal secretions, and even urine, feces, and sweat, causing chronic inflammation of the local skin and causing vulvar itching.

2. Drug allergy: Skin lesions caused by the use of sulfonamides or other drugs often occur at the junction of the skin and mucous membranes of the vulva. Therefore, in addition to local itching, erosion and exudation may also occur. If allergic symptoms or contact dermatitis occur when using drugs for vaginal washing or vaginal insertion, vulvar itching is also likely to occur.

3. Skin diseases of the vulva: The skin damage of tinea cruris often extends to the vulva, causing severe local itching. The itching caused by eczema and neurodermatitis of the vulva will be more severe. The former is manifested as local papules and blisters with unclear boundaries and erosion exudate, and the latter often causes thickening of the skin with moss and lichenification due to scratching. In addition to causing local itching, vulvar leukoplakia is often accompanied by vulvar malnutrition and skin atrophy.

4. Viral infection Genital warts mostly occur on the female vaginal wall, cervical opening and vulva, and there will be leucorrhea with a foul odor. Molluscum contagiosum occurring on the vulva is mostly manifested as round papules with a umbilical depression in the center, which can also cause vulvar itching. Genital herpes is mostly manifested as bright blisters on the urethral opening and vaginal wall, and there is itching and pain.

5. Trichomoniasis causes itching of the vulva and vagina, foamy leucorrhea, and a strong odor. Scratching can also cause dermatitis and eczematous changes in the vulva.

6. Fungal vaginitis causes itching of the vulva and vagina, flushing of the vulva, and leucorrhea that is like bean curd residue and has a special odor. Scratching can cause eczematous changes of vaginitis. Treatment should be targeted at the cause, and chlorhexidine acetate can be added for local disinfection to relieve symptoms.