Patient's question:
At first, I didn't feel anything uncomfortable, but recently, during intimacy with my husband, I've found it very dry, and I've also always felt itchy externally. After a check-up, they said it was leukoplakia of the vulva. I'm not very familiar with this condition. Could you please ask: How is the common leukoplakia of the vulva usually treated?Doctor's answer:
Vaginal leukoplakia refers to localized or diffuse white patches on the skin of the female genital area, which can spread to the inner thighs, perineum, and anus but rarely affect the urethral opening or vestibule. Symptoms include itching, dryness, thickening and whitening of the skin, loss of elasticity, and even swelling, rupture, pain, and a burning sensation.Medical Treatment:
- Clean the vulva with a Ph4 weak acid-formulated female care liquid, followed by local application of hormone drugs, local anesthesia, anaerobic rod treatment, traditional Chinese medicine treatment, etc.
- Physical treatments include microwave therapy, carbon dioxide laser, helium-neon laser, BOM light, high-frequency electric knife, local electrocautery, and liquid nitrogen local cryotherapy.
Surgical Treatment:
- Simple vulvectomy
- Split-thickness skin grafting vulvectomy
Wish you good health.
Vaginal leukoplakia is a gynecological condition that is prone to occur.