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Vulvit - acute or chronic recurrent inflammation of the vulva.
This is not a disease, but refers to the inflammation of the soft folds of the skin on the outside of the female genitalia, the vulva. Inflammatory process can be caused by infection, allergic reactions or trauma.
Causes of the vulvitis
In women of reproductive age, vulvitis usually occurs as a result of infection of the external genitalia with pathogenic microorganisms contained in vaginal discharge in colpitis, cervicitis, endometritis. The secondary process often has the character of vulvovaginitis. There is also a primary vulvitis, the appearance of which is facilitated by diaper rash (for obesity), non-observance of hygiene of external genital organs, chemical, thermal, mechanical (scratching, abrasions, etc.), endocrine (diabetes, etc.) diseases, inflammatory processes in the perianal region.
In childhood and prepubescent, vulvitis is more often primary. From the area of the external genitalia, the infection penetrates into the vagina, causing vulvovaginitis.
[Risk factors
Conditions conducive to the emergence and prolonged course of vulvovaginitis in children are infectious-toxic processes that reduce the body's resistance. Vulvovaginitis is preceded or accompanied by common infectious diseases (measles, scarlet fever, parotitis, chicken pox, etc.). Especially often vulvovaginitis is combined with exudative diathesis, tonsillitis, pyelonephritis.
Symptoms of the vulvitis
Vulvitis in the acute stage is characterized by hyperemia and puffiness of the external genital organs, the presence of serous-puffy raids. Complaints about pain, burning, often common malaise. In the chronic stage - hyperemia, puffiness, exudation decrease, the itch subsides, but periodically resumes.
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Treatment of the vulvitis
Sitting baths with decoction of chamomile or a weak solution of potassium permanganate, application of antibiotic medications according to indications honestly and / or inside, treatment of concomitant genital and extragenital diseases.