How to treat leukoplakia

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In my daily life, I pay more attention to maintenance problems, but recently there has been vulvar pruritus. At the beginning, I thought it was caused by vulvitis. I went to the hospital for examination and found that it was mucosal leukoplakia. The doctor also told me about the treatment of mucosal leukoplakia. Now I will share it with you.

How to treat leukoplakia

Treatment 1: atrophic changes of vulva can be treated with sex hormone ointment, such as diethylstilbestrol ointment and benzoestradiol ointment. Men can use 2% testosterone propionate ointment. Antibiotic ointments such as neomycin ointment and mupirocin ointment were used in infection.

The second treatment: cryotherapy, laser, shallow X-ray, etc. If the white lesions did not subside after 2 weeks, the lesion should be resected and examined histologically. If it is carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma, it should be treated according to the treatment principle of malignant tumor.

Treatment 3: the patients with cancer can be considered for surgical resection, and the operation should be thorough, with the margin at least 0.5cm away from the lesion. The patients were followed up every 3-6 months. Large area of leukoplakia can be removed after free skin graft to cover the wound.

matters needing attention

Oral leukoplakia is a common oral mucosal disease in middle-aged and elderly people, and it is one of oral precancerous lesions. The canceration rate of oral leukoplakia is about 5%. Oral leukoplakia occurs in the lip, cheek, tongue, palate and other mucosa, generally without symptoms, at the beginning of milky white plaque, smooth surface or slightly higher than the normal mucosa.