Itching in the intimate area in women can be caused by nonspecific inflammatory diseases, sexual infections, allergic reactions, parasitosis, age-related changes in the genital mucosa, somatic diseases, and mental disorders. Accompanied by dryness of the vulva and vagina, burning sensation, leucorrhea, scratching of the skin and mucous membranes. To establish the etiology of the pathological process, a gynecological examination and examination (sampling and examination of smears, vulvo- and colposcopy) is carried out. Treatment includes local and systemic pharmacotherapy, destruction of formations, psychotherapy.
Itching in the intimate area in women is accompanied by hyperemia, a feeling of tightness of the skin and mucous membranes. In acute inflammatory processes, itching is unbearable, causing an irresistible desire to scratch the genital area. However, scratching not only does not reduce itching, but even more exacerbates it. The ingress of water or urine on the excoriation causes a burning sensation, painful discomfort. Often, intimate itching in women is accompanied by vaginal leucorrhoea, contact bleeding, rashes, and an increase in inguinal lymph nodes.
Itching in the intimate area in women is a frequent companion of gynecological diseases of infectious, allergic, hormonal neurogenic origin. Pathological processes can affect only the vulva or only the vagina, but quite often affect both the external and internal genital organs. As a rule, itching of the vulva and vagina has a common etiology:
Also, the causes of intimate discomfort in women can be non-pathogenic exogenous factors: removal of pubic hair by shaving or depilation, wearing synthetic underwear, non-compliance with hygiene rules, improper selection of intimate toilet products, etc. These situations, as a rule, resolve themselves after eliminating the unfavorable external factor.