Menopausal women should be wary of three vulvar lesions

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Menopause is the period of women's unique physiology. During this period, female estrogen levels will be gradually reduced, which leads to decreased immunity the body, thus susceptible to various diseases.

The following three kinds of female genital diseases, menopause is most worthy of vigilance.

1.Genital folliculitis

Folliculitis is Staphylococcus aureus infection caused by inflammation of the hair follicle. Female genital self and she begins to Tai labia pubic hair attached to the outside skin. In daily life, as genital easily contaminated urine, feces, and vaginal discharge, genital skin, therefore its external environment, often in moist, humid environment which is suitable for bacterial growth.

Plus menopausal women to reduce estrogen levels, resulting in genital skin and mucous membrane resistance decreased. Therefore, menopausal women in the genital area if not pay attention to personal hygiene or outer genital skin abrasions, where the hair follicles and surrounding tissue are likely to be bacterial infections, which cause genital folliculitis. Occurred early in the disease, the disease may be pain in and around hair follicles, skin redness and other symptoms. As the disease progresses, the disease gradually formed around the hair follicles can flush the pustules, and a tender feeling.

Pustules at the top of the hair can have a piercing (if any purulent pustules may appear at the top of a white point). Infected hair follicle is sometimes one, sometimes more. If the inflammation increased, then the formation of an infected hair follicle can be swollen boil.

Treatment of Vulvar folliculitis is not difficult, the patient first of all to keep the genital area clean and dry, but every day 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution or with clearing and detoxifying effect of the liquid hip bath may also be in the affected area or applying antibiotic ointment 4 yellow paste. If an infected hair follicle and pain significantly more patients should pay attention to rest. If the recurrent disease, patients go to hospital in time to see if there are people with other systemic diseases.

2.Vestibular adenitis

Vestibular gland is located on both sides of the vaginal opening. Because menopausal women significantly decreased ability to resist disease, when its having sex or other activities contaminated the vulva, the aureus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus and Enterococcus and other pathogens is very easy to violations caused by inflammation of Bartholin. This inflammation often mixed infections. First of all violations of acute pancreatitis vestibular duct. The disease affected area, there may be swelling ache.

Such patients may be associated with lower abdominal bulge and toilet problems, fever, increased white blood cells and other systemic symptoms. If the vestibular duct mouth swelling or effusion due to aggregation and blocking, it can lead to the formation of pus can not drain the cyst. Vestibular disease in patients with acute pancreatitis as far as possible on bed rest, antibiotics can also be used hot or hip bath method of local treatment.

If the vestibular duct mouth abscess formed, can go to the hospital, inside the labia majora cyst wave in a prominent place for drainage and curved incisions. In addition, menopausal women should be active in peacetime to prevent the occurrence of pancreatitis vestibular, in which the main method is to keep the genital area clean, wash the vulva with water daily, wear absorbent underpants sex and good ventilation (preferably cotton products) , while on the other genital diseases that have taken place in active treatment.

3.Genital itching

Genital itching is a common disease in menopausal women. As estrogen levels drop significantly, menopausal women may appear genital skin thinning, vaginal epithelial atrophy, reduction of symptoms such as vaginal discharge. At this point, if the dryness of the genital or alkaline by mechanical stimulation, can cause genital itching. In addition, a variety of ovarian disease, uterine and vaginal disease, anemia, vitamin deficiency and mental factors may also cause menopause female genital itching.

This genital itching is often continuous or paroxysmal, and itching often occur in parts of the size of the labia and clitoris around the vicinity of the symptoms of itching often aggravated at night, severe sleep can affect. In addition, because patients will fall asleep unconsciously scratching itching, and thus, patients with genital skin disease is prone to ulceration or infection of the skin of individual patients with genital lichen sclerosis may be the performance was.

Genital itching in patients with menopausal mood changes first to control, to avoid the unbearable itching and emotional tension or irritability. Also to enhance the nutrition, eat more high protein, high vitamin foods, do not eat peppers and other spicy food. Such patients can be rubbed itching Department diphenhydramine 2% cream or ointment corticosteroids can also be used for heat antipruritic efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine preparation cleaning vulva, if necessary, a small amount of oral sedative or anti-allergy.

Skin ulceration occurs in patients with genital ulceration office in smear pearl powder and other drugs. To note that patients avoid genital itching genital washing with hot water, nor the abuse of anti-itch drugs, such as a doctor must be consulted.

2010-04-28