What causes white spots on the labia?

With the development of technology and the improvement of economy, many female friends do not pay attention to their private life and personal hygiene, which leads to white spots on the labia. So what is the reason for white spots on the labia? White spots on the labia may be caused by endocrine disorders or other conditions. Some female friends may not care about it, thinking that it is just a simple bacterial infection and it will be cured by buying some medicine and washing. But I don’t know that it may cause other gynecological diseases. Let’s take a look at it together.

1. Vaginal infection and inflammatory stimulation: This is the main cause of vulvar leukoplakia, accounting for about 50% of patients. There are many factors that cause vulvar infection and inflammatory stimulation, such as poor hygiene habits, wearing synthetic underwear, unclean sanitary products, bathing in a bathhouse, swimming in a bathhouse, etc., which lead to vaginitis. If it is not treated in time, inflammatory secretions will infiltrate the perineum, and long-term infection and stimulation will damage the skin and mucous membranes, causing redness, swelling, ulcers and degeneration, which will gradually develop into vulvar leukoplakia.

2. Endocrine disorders: Endocrine diseases are caused by pathological changes in endocrine glands and tissues themselves, or by endocrine disorders caused by genetics, enzyme defects, immune function, etc. Through the determination of tritium (H3) labeled thymine, it is believed that there is a protein hormone in the dermis that can inhibit the division and growth of epidermal cells and only acts on the local epidermis with tissue specificity, called inhibin, which causes an imbalance between local connective tissue proliferation and the stimulation of epidermal metabolism there, leading to vulvar leukoplakia.

3. Genetic factors: About 10-30% of patients with vulvar leukoplakia are caused by heredity. The heredity-induced vulvar leukoplakia is mainly atrophic, and the patients are mainly young girls. In clinical practice, the first thing to pay attention to for patients under 15 years old is the genetic factors, and check whether there are patients with vulvar leukoplakia in their parents' family.

4. Other diseases: such as diabetes, vitiligo, vulvar eczema, vulvar itching, etc., if the medication is used indiscriminately or the treatment is improper, it may also lead to or aggravate the formation and development of vitiligo.

Prevention:

(1) In daily life, you should wear loose, breathable underwear, mainly pure cotton products, and avoid wearing underwear made of polyester or other chemical fibers;

(2) Keep the affected area dry, ventilated and cool;

(3) Some women are too hygienic and have the habit of washing their vulva once or several times a day.

The above is what is going on with white spots on the labia. There are many reasons for this. Usually you should pay attention to your own hygiene and reduce bacterial infection. At the same time, you should pay attention to a light diet, avoid spicy food, change and wash your underwear frequently every day, and it is recommended that you use pure cotton underwear. At the same time, do not use medicines indiscriminately, which will affect your health. You can prevent it according to the above. I wish you good health.