What are the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia?

Vulvar leukoplakia is the most common disease in our body. Most female friends will have it when they are young. Vulvar leukoplakia is not a sexually transmitted disease, but an immune disease. After getting the disease, it is usually mistaken for a gynecological disease. It will occur at different ages, and the main symptoms are vaginal leukoplakia, itching and pain, redness, swelling and pain.

What are the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia? At present, the number of female friends suffering from vulvar leukoplakia is increasing, and female friends all know that vulvar leukoplakia is a relatively common gynecological vulvar disease, and the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia are what we need to master. Only when we master the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia can we detect the disease in time and go to the hospital for treatment in time. Below, we will explain the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia in detail.

Symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia

Vulvar leukoplakia is a common gynecological disease that can occur at any age and has been reported in women at all stages: childhood, adolescence, menopause and old age. However, most people enter menopause around the age of 50, and the course of the disease varies, with the oldest lasting for decades. There are three main types of vulvar leukoplakia, namely hyperplastic vulvar leukoplakia, atrophic vulvar leukoplakia and mixed vulvar leukoplakia. So, what are the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia?

The range of lesions of vulvar leukoplakia varies, mainly involving the labia majora, interlabial groove, clitoral hood, posterior labia joint, etc., and their length is symmetrical. When the early lesions are mild, the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia are dark red or pink skin color, and white areas of hyperkeratosis. Due to long-term scratching and friction, the skin becomes thickened like leather, the pigmentation increases, the skin texture is obviously prominent, the skin ridges are raised, and there are many small polygonal flat papules that are clustered into patches and develop lichenification. Therefore, this disease is also clinically called chronic simple lichen. Due to different degrees of local moisture, scratching and friction, as well as different responses to local medications, the morphology of lesions in different parts of the patient's body varies. In severe cases, scratching may cause epidermal scratches, cracks, and ulcers.

The symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia are mainly vulvar itching, which is difficult for patients to endure. Since scratching the area stimulates larger nerve fibers and inhibits the itch nerve fiber reflex, the patient's itching can be temporarily relieved. However, scratching can cause further damage to the skin, thereby triggering new itching reactions and making the itching more severe, forming a vicious circle, which greatly affects the treatment of vulvar leukoplakia.