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General description of the disease
This is an inflammatory process that occurs in the female external genital organs. The name of the disease comes from the word “vulva“. This term in medicine is called a group of the external genital organs of a woman. It includes: the pubis, the labia (large and small), the hymen (in girls), the Bartholin glands, the clitoris, the exit of the urethra, the vestibule of the vagina and the horseshoe-shaped venous plexus that captures the urinary canal.
Types of vulvitis
Many people think that vulvitis is a disease that affects only adult women. This opinion is erroneous. Vulvitis can affect both young girls and young or mature women. Depending on which female is sick, there are 2 types of vulvitis: primary and secondary.
- 1 Primary vulvitis develops mainly in young girls and in women in adulthood who have menopause. In girls, the appearance of vulvitis is explained by the fact that the skin is very delicate and there is still no necessary protective environment in the mucous membrane; in older women, vulvitis occurs due to problems with the pH environment, sometimes with dry skin, with the appearance of microcracks. In addition, the development of vulvitis in a child can provoke helminthiasis (especially oysters). In this case, all the symptoms of the disease are exacerbated at night, and at the time of sleep, the child may restlessly spin and grind his teeth.
- 2 Secondary vulvitis develops against the background of already present infectious diseases in the cervix and fallopian tubes, in the upper parts of the vagina.
The causes of vulvitis
Vulvitis can cause 2 kinds of reasons: natural and acquired character.
For natural reasons the development of vulvitis includes a warm and humid environment in which the external genital organs are constantly located; delicate skin in the intimate area, which contains a large number of plexuses of blood vessels, nerves and folds.
For reasons of an acquired nature should include the presence of infection (streptococci, Escherichia coli, staphylococci, fungi) – they do not cause specific vulvitis, but diphtheria bacillus, chlamydia, gonococci, Trichomonas and mycobacterium tuberculosis cause specific vulvitis.
Also, the disease can cause prolonged and self-prescribed intake of antibiotics, immunosuppressants, hormonal drugs, diabetes mellitus, malignant neoplasms of the female genital organs, cystitis, an allergic reaction to intimate hygiene products or lack of personal hygiene (especially on critical days).
In addition, vulvitis can occur due to trauma to the vulva while riding a bicycle, while riding a horse, or while engaging in self-pleasure. Thermal burns can also cause illness when douching with too hot water or when taking hot baths.
Long-term wearing of tight, synthetic underwear, wet swimsuit will also cause vulvitis. High humidity is a very favorable factor for the multiplication of various bacteria.
Vulvitis symptoms
This disease begins with the appearance of redness, swelling of the external genital organs of a woman, small erosions appear on the mucous membrane and on the skin, from which purulent discharge comes out, redness may also appear in the groin area. On palpation of the lymph nodes in the groin, it turns out that they are significantly increased in size. Patients report severe burning and itching, pain when urinating. General well-being is also disturbed: the temperature rises, constant weakness is felt, drowsiness and rapid fatigue are observed.
With infectious and fungal infections, an unpleasant odor is emitted from the vagina of women.
When vulvitis occurs against the background of E. coli infection from the vagina, discharge with a bad odor appears and has a yellow or green tint.
In the presence of a staphylococcal infection, the discharge becomes too thick and viscous, acquiring a yellowish tint.
Vulvitis course
Vulvitis can occur in 2 forms: acute and chronic.
RџSЂRё acute current all of the above symptoms appear quickly, painfully, and when chronic – all the signs are of a more erased character, bring less discomfort, but the disease is constantly exacerbated under the slightest favorable conditions and manifests itself in an acute form.
Useful products for vulvitis
With vulvitis, first of all, you need to restore the microflora in the intestines and in the vagina. Any fermented milk products will help with this, namely fermented baked milk, milk, kefir, milk, sour cream, whey, yogurt (must be without artificial fillers). These foods are rich in essential bifidobacteria.
To relieve the inflammatory process, the body needs to supply vitamins B, E, C, A.
Vitamins E and A can be obtained by eating broccoli, viburnum, spinach, sorrel, seaweed, sweet potatoes, dried apricots and prunes.
All citrus fruits, currants, strawberries, strawberries, sea buckthorn, green apples will help to replenish the deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in the body.
Nuts, legumes, liver, mushrooms, garlic and cheese contain the most vitamin B.
In addition, for the rapid recovery of the body after vulvitis, useful substances are extremely necessary: zinc (found in large quantities in buckwheat, peas, pine nuts, oatmeal, goose, ram and turkey meat), magnesium (to obtain it, it will be enough to eat seafood and nuts) and calcium (in addition to fermented milk products, mustard in grains, barley porridge should be used).
In addition to all these recommendations, the body needs a large amount of fiber, which should be obtained from seasonal berries, vegetables and fruits.
Traditional medicine for vulvitis
Treatment of vulvitis using traditional methods includes a complex therapy consisting of medicinal methods used externally and internally.
Consider first the recipes from medicinal herbs that need to be taken orally:
- Every day, three times a day, you need to drink a teaspoon of freshly squeezed juice from the leaves of stinging nettle.
- Every day, three times a day, drink ¼ infusion of perforated St. John’s wort. To prepare the broth, you need to take dry, crushed raw materials. To prepare a glass of broth, you need 1 tablespoon of St. John’s wort. It should be poured with boiling water and allowed to gain strength for 30 minutes. Then filter the broth. It is recommended to prepare a new brew every day.
- Viburnum flowers are excellent for curing vulvitis. From them you need to prepare the infusion as follows: take ½ tablespoon of flowers, pour 100 milliliters, heat water and flowers on low heat for 10 minutes, let cool, filter, take three times a day for a tablespoon.
- During the day, chew white acacia flowers, the juice that stands out is considered healing.
- In addition to treating with one plant, you can use a combination of them. For the treatment of vulvitis, it is recommended to combine the leaves of the wintergreen, sweet clover and coltsfoot flowers or linden flowers with pharmacy chamomile, marsh creeper and walnut leaves. In both cases, you need to take an equal number of components. The first collection is cooked for about 15 minutes on low heat, then they are waiting for complete cooling and filtered. You need to drink the broth at least 2, but no more than 3 times. At one time you need to drink 3 tablespoons of the broth. The second list of herbs is insisted for 3 hours, taken from 3 to 4 times a day. To prepare both broths, you need a glass of water and 1 tablespoon of herbs. Before taking, the infusions should be slightly heated, but not boiled.
External treatment means doing douching and applying lotions.
For douching, immortelle, flowers of calendula, chamomile, onion husks, root and bark of thorns are used.
For lotions, a decoction of round-leaved wintergreen and lungwort is used.
To prepare the broth, take a few teaspoons of dry crushed round-leaved wintergreen, pour 200 milliliters of hot water, place in a thermos and leave to infuse for 2 hours. After that, it is filtered, moistened with a gauze swab in broth and applied to the genitals. Appliques can also be made from fresh leaves of a wintergreen. Lotions and applications must be done before bathing.
Lotions from medicinal lungwort are made from the freshly squeezed juice of this plant, slightly diluted with water. To prepare the juice, take the aboveground part of the grass (necessarily during the flowering period).
Dangerous and harmful foods for vulvitis
During the treatment of vulvitis, it is worth giving up the consumption of spicy, sweet, salty, fatty, smoked food, alcoholic beverages (especially effervescent), sweet soda, kvass, mayonnaise, sauces, factory-made ketchups, it is worth giving up bakery products, canned food.
This list of foods will only provoke the growth of bacteria, fungi, which will then irritate the mucous membranes, thereby causing the inflammatory process again and again.
Attention!
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