Patient's question:
How is vulvar leukoplakia treated in traditional Chinese medicine? How to treat female vulvar leukoplakia? How does traditional Chinese medicine treat vulvar leukoplakia? Where is it better to seek treatment for vulvar leukoplakia? How to treat female vulvar leukoplakia? Where is it better to seek treatment for vulvar leukoplakia?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 orifice and vestibule. Symptoms include itching, dryness, thickening and whitening of the skin, loss of elasticity, and even shrinkage and ulceration, accompanied by pain and burning sensation. Clinical diagnosis and pathological examination reveal atypical cellular fibrosis, which falls under the categories of "vaginal pruritus," "vaginal pain," and "vaginal discomfort" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is often caused by damp-heat from the liver channel descending to invade the external genitalia, or due to blood deficiency with liver hyperactivity, yin deficiency of the liver and kidneys, or kidney yang deficiency, leading to insufficient nourishment of the external genitalia by essence and blood.