Patient's question:
How to deal with vaginal leukoplakia, can it be cured?Doctor's answer:
Vulvar leukoplakia refers to localized or diffuse white patches appearing 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 in the genital area, dry skin, thickening and whitening, loss of elasticity, and even atrophy and ulcers, accompanied by pain and a burning sensation. Clinical pathological examination reveals atypical cell hyperplasia, which falls under the category of "vulvar pruritus," "vulvar pain," and "vulvar soreness" in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is often caused by damp-heat from the Liver channel descending to invade the vulva, or by blood deficiency leading to Liver hyperactivity, Kidney-Yin deficiency, or Kidney-Yang deficiency, resulting in insufficient nourishment of the vulva by essence and blood.Vulvar itching may sometimes be accompanied by a burning or painful sensation. Vulvar leukoplakia is also known as vulvar leukoplakia or a chronic nutritional disease of the female external genitalia. It includes primary vulvar atrophy, atrophic lichen sclerosus, vulvar leukoplakia, leukoplakic vaginitis, and vulvar xerosis. Clinicians typically classify conditions where the skin and mucosa become white, thickened, and atrophic as vulvar leukoplakia. In TCM, it is referred to as "vulvar eczema," "vulvar ulcers," "vulvar erosion," and "vulvar pain." This condition is considered a precancerous lesion. TCM treats it based on different pathological features and clinical symptoms, categorizing it under "vulvar pruritus" or "vulvar ulcers."