Patient's question:
Recently, I've been feeling itchy in my private area, and it even got scratched open, which is very painful and uncomfortable. I went to the hospital for a check-up, and they said it's vulvar leukoplakia. I'm really troubled. Could you please ask: What are the common treatments for vulvar leukoplakia?Doctor's answer:
Vaginal leukoplakia is a gynecological disease characterized by the whitening, roughness, thickening, hardening, cracking, scaling, or loss of elasticity of the vaginal skin and mucosa due to local loss of pigment in the female external genital skin. It can even lead to atrophy and disappearance of the labia majora and minora. It is essential to maintain a cheerful mood, pay attention to adjusting daily life stress and emotions, and always remain optimistic with a bright disposition and sufficient deep sleep. In this regard, family members of patients should actively cooperate to help them build confidence in overcoming the disease. Avoid spicy and irritating foods, and consume more foods rich in trace elements such as iron, copper, and manganese, such as walnuts, sesame seeds, mushrooms, tofu, green vegetables, black fungus, carrots, lean meat, pig blood, oysters, sea snails, and sea cucumbers.