Why does it always itch down there?

Vulvar pruritus is a common female vulvar disease. Many women suffer from vulvar pruritus, which seriously affects their lives and work. However, many women are very secretive about gynecological diseases and have no understanding of the diseases. Even if they feel uncomfortable, they will not go to the doctor and miss the best period for treatment. Next, I will introduce the causes of female vulva itching.

1. Local skin uncleanness: Some women use toilet paper improperly, and the skin of the vulva is soaked by menstrual blood, vaginal secretions, and even urine, feces and sweat, which causes chronic inflammation of the local skin and causes vulva itching.

2. Trichomonas vaginalis infection: When the acidity of the female vaginal mucosa decreases, the production of lactic acid decreases, making vaginal Trichomonas infection more likely to occur, which manifests as foamy leucorrhea and itching of the vulva.

3. Fungal infection: For women with diabetes or long-term use of antibiotics that cause imbalance of normal flora, Candida albicans in the fungus can easily invade the vulva and vagina, causing fungal vulvar and vaginitis, often with bean curd-like leucorrhea and vulvar itching.

4. Parasitic infection: Pinworms mainly attack young girls, but adult women can also be infected. When the anus relaxes at night, pinworms crawl out of the rectum and swim to the vulva to mate and lay eggs, irritating the skin and mucous membranes of the vulva, causing local itching. When scabies is caused by scabies infection, the external skin lesions are the most serious, so local itching is also the most obvious. Pubic lice are manifested by severe itching in the area where pubic hair grows, and grayish-white millet-sized nits or lice may be found at the base of the pubic hair or on the hair shafts.

All of the above are possible causes of vulvar itching. However, many women always hope to use lotions to help eliminate the itching when they have vulvar itching, but they abuse it, causing the itching to become more and more serious. The editor reminds everyone that when itching occurs, it is not only not advisable to abuse drugs, but also to avoid scratching and local friction, which can easily lead to ulceration of the itchy area and cause infection.