What Is Vulvitis?
Vulvitis is inflammation of the vulva caused by pathogen invasion or various adverse stimuli. It can exist independently. It is often accompanied by vaginitis, urinary disease, anorectal disease or systemic disease, or during the course of certain vulvar diseases. Performance. The clinical manifestations are pruritus skin itching, pain, burning sensation and even swelling, rash, erosion, ulcer.
Basic Information
- nickname
- Vulvar inflammation
- English name
- vulvitis
- Visiting department
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Common locations
- vulva
- Common causes
- Pathogen invasion and various adverse stimuli
- Common symptoms
- Vulvar skin itching, pain, burning sensation, swelling, rash, erosion, ulcer
Causes of vulvitis
- Exogenous infection
- Pathogens can be E. coli, Trichomonas, fungi, viruses, and the like.
- 2. Foreign body stimulation
- Such as urine, feces, abnormal vaginal discharge and so on.
- 3. Local symptoms of systemic diseases
- Such as diabetes.
Clinical manifestations of vulvitis
- Itching, pain, burning sensation, and even swelling, rash, erosion, and ulcers on the vulva skin can be thickened, rough, cleft, or even lichen-like. There are several common vulvitis:
- Nonspecific vulvitis
- Most of them are mixed infections of Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and E. coli.
- 2. Mycotic vulvitis
- Often coexisted with mycotic vaginitis, dregs-like secretions can be seen, and the surface of the lesion is sometimes covered with white moss.
- 3. Infant vulvitis
- Vulvar skin mucosa flushing, itching, can cause labial adhesions.
- 4. Vestibular glanditis
- One side of the labia majora is red, swollen, hot, and painful. A sclerosis is formed in the lower third of the labia majora. There is a sense of fluctuation and tenderness, which forms a vestibular large gland abscess. Abscesses can sometimes rupture on their own.
- 5. STD
- Vulvar condyloma, soft chancre, genital herpes, gonorrhea, etc.
Vulvitis examination
- 1. Gynecological examination.
- 2. Vaginal discharge examination.
- 3. If necessary, perform a systemic examination and related serum and histopathological examinations.
Differential diagnosis of vulvitis
- Vulvar diseases to be identified include: vulvar eczema, vulvar neurodermatitis, vulvar psoriasis, chronic proliferative vulvitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and vulvar cancer. Histopathological examination is decisive for differential diagnosis.
Vulvitis Treatment
- 1. Actively and effectively treat the primary disease.
- 2. Local treatment: Keep the vulva clean and dry to avoid bad stimulation. Use different liquid meditation baths, apply antibiotic ointments and antifungal preparations to the vulva.
- 3. Those with fever and increased white blood cell count can use antibiotics appropriately.