Symptoms of pubic follicle inflammation

Folliculitis of the vulva is relatively common, mainly because of lack of attention to personal hygiene, which leads to Staphylococcus aureus infection and inflammation of the hair follicles. This is also a great hazard to the health of the private parts. It often causes redness and swelling of the surrounding tissues of the hair follicle openings of the vulva, which can cause pain symptoms. If not treated in time, small pustules will form and eventually large pustules will form, which often lead to congestion in the private parts and cause edema.

Symptoms of pubic follicle inflammation

Symptoms of female folliculitis include redness, swelling and pain around the hair follicles of the vulva, which gradually form cone-shaped pustules with a pubic hair protruding from the center. Pustules may be multiple, and adjacent small pustules may fuse together to form large pustules, accompanied by severe congestion, edema and pain in the vulva.

Folliculitis is an inflammation of the hair follicles caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The female vulva is covered with pubic hair from the mons pubis to the skin outside the labia majora. In daily life, because the vulva is easily contaminated with urine, feces and leucorrhea, the skin of the vulva is often in a humid environment, and this humid environment is very suitable for bacterial growth. The disease is prone to occur on the head, neck, buttocks, perianal area or other parts of the body, and tends to recur. It often occurs in multiple places, is stubborn in nature, and is difficult to cure.

In addition, the estrogen level in menopausal women decreases, causing the resistance of the skin and mucous membranes of the vulva to decrease. Therefore, if menopausal women do not pay attention to the hygiene of their vulva or have abrasions on the vulva skin, the hair follicles and surrounding tissues there are easily infected by bacteria, causing vulvar folliculitis. In the early stages of the disease, symptoms such as pain and redness of the skin may occur in the affected hair follicles and their surrounding areas. As the disease progresses, the affected hair follicles may gradually form pustules surrounded by red halos and are tender to the touch.

A hair may stick out from the top of the pustule (if there is pus, a small white dot may appear on the top of the pustule). Sometimes one hair follicle is infected, sometimes multiple. If the inflammation gets worse, the infected hair follicles may form boils.

Treatment of pubic follicle inflammation

1. Local treatment: After cutting off the hair, use the following drugs: (1) 2.5% iodine tincture: For external use, apply to the affected area several times a day. (2) 1% neomycin ointment: For external use, apply to the affected area several times a day. 2. Systemic treatment: (1) For patients with multiple lesions, sulfonamides or antibiotics can be used as appropriate, and oral multivitamins can be taken. (2) Immunity regulation: 4 ml of transfer factor is injected subcutaneously 1/2 day.