Patient's question:
Medical Description: Itching occurs externally every time after using sanitary napkins, with no other symptoms. The itching lasts for about ten days to heal. Can I use a liquid like Fuyanjie for washing?History of Treatment and Effect: No treatment has been administered.
Help Needed: How can the situation be improved?
Doctor's answer:
It's hot in the season, and the external genital area is covered with hair and wrapped by underwear. This makes it easy for sweat to accumulate in the external genital area, especially with the rise in body temperature, bacteria can grow very easily. At this time, to prevent bacteria from multiplying uncontrollably, women are advised to clean the external genital area with a weak saline solution. This helps kill bacteria, removes all the dirt on the surface of the external genital area, thus improving the itching problem, which in turn leads to the issue of itching. Sometimes, due to the itching of the external genital area, it can make it difficult to fall asleep even in the middle of the night. Moreover, because of the fear of scratching the skin open, they are reluctant to scratch vigorously.