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OTHER NAMES
- Vaginal itching;
- Itching vulvar.
DEFINITION
The vaginal itch or itching vulvar is the subjective annoyance sensation with uncontrollable desire of scratched of the area.
CAUSES OF THE VAGINAL ITCH
There are diverse possible causes, between them they are:
- The excess of hygiene of the area with unspecific irritants as soaps and detergents, conditioners of clothes, feminine deodorants, diverse creams and contraceptive gels.
- Vaginal fungi (candidiasis vaginal), in this case the itch collaborates to dense flow and that they usually stem from the capture of antibiotics, contraceptive, in the pregnancy, the menstruation, the sexual relations, the diabetes, etc...
- The menopause, which for the level descent of the estrogen provokes a slimming of the vaginal wall and diminishes the vaginal flow.
- The itch psicógeno or for stress, it starts by it and then the mucous membrane falters for the plastered one.
- The vaginitis for diverse causes, including the sexually transmitted diseases.
- The presence of parasites in dregs.
- Skin diseases as the flat lichen.
- Rarer the precancerous injuries of the area.
METHODS OF PREVENTION OF THE VAGINAL ITCH
- It is necessary to avoid to the excessive hygiene with strong soaps.
- To be careful in spite of using of habitual form toallitas or vaginal deodorants.
- Not to support the humid underwear.
- For the cleanliness of the area to do it from the vagina about the year and not the other way round to avoid contaminations.
- It is useful eating yogures prebiotic with lactobacillus, especially when one is in treatment with antibiotics.
- To watch the sugar of the blood in case of familiar diabetes history.
- To use cotton underwear and to avoid the synthetic and colored textiles.
It is necessary to avoid the area affected in case of itch scratches, since the proper plastered one leaves injuries that sting more and the process one can cronificar.
In case of infections appellants for fungi it is necessary to treat both members of the couple since it is very probable that they are contagious between themselves. The same in case of other infections of sexual transmission.
If the itch is for the age / menopause vaginal creams are used with estrogen or other hormones.
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