What are the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia?

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Now there are more and more gynecological diseases in women, and leukoplakia caused by external factors is also a stubborn disease that plagues the majority of female friends. I studied clinical medicine in University. During my internship in the hospital, I also contacted many patients with leukoplakia caused by external factors, and I am not unfamiliar with the clinical manifestations of this kind of disease. Today I will tell you what I know about the clinical symptoms of leukoplakia caused by external factors, Hope to help women better understand this kind of disease.

What are the symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia?

The main symptom of exogenous leukoplakia is itching and pain. And the general degree of pain and itching will be very severe. Itching at the same time, if the patient scratching will lead to further damage to the skin, thus triggering a new itching reaction, leading to more severe itching, so over and over again, it will form a vicious circle.

Another symptom of exogenous leukoplakia is the lesion form. The damage forms of the diseased parts will be different, which is generally caused by the different degrees of local moisture, scratching and friction. At the same time, patients have different reactions to local medication, and the damage forms will also be different. Patients with serious diseases will cause symptoms such as epidermal scratch, chapping and ulcer due to scratching

The external cause of leukoplakia is also manifested in the scope of lesions. The lesion range of vulvar leukoplakia is different. The disease range mainly extends to the intersulcus, posterior prepuce joint and other parts. It is usually symmetrical. The skin color is dark red or pink, and the hyperkeratosis part is white. It is generally an early lesion.

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The symptoms of vulvar leukoplakia can also lead to skin thickening due to long-term scratching and friction. This is mainly due to scratch and friction caused by skin thickening, like leather, pigment increase, skin texture is obviously prominent. At the same time, the skin Zenghui can also make the skin ridge uplift, showing most small polyhedral flat papules, and cluster into pieces, showing lichen like symptoms.