In cases where a woman has labia, a vagina or
swelling of the genital organs, you do not even need to think that everything will go away on its own.
This is the first signal for a woman that it is time to visit a doctor.
"Why do labia hurt?" - This question is asked by many women. Should
to know that there are several causes and symptoms of swelling or itching of the labia
among women:
The occurrence of a vulvar tumor or vulvovaginitis. The causes of swelling of the labia may be various. One of the most common is rubbing underwear of the soft tissues of the genitals with subsequent irritation, as well as infection of the genital organs during masturbation. Symptoms for vulvovaginitis are different:
- redness of the labia ,
- itching when urinating and walking,
- allocation of yellow-green color with an unpleasant odor.
Thrush or candidiasis. A disease caused by a yeast-like fungus, Candida. Each mushroom has such a mushroom in
natural microflora. It can be located in the oral cavity, genital
organs, the excretory system. An increase in the number of candidates in a particular organ
human leads to diseases caused by the action of extraneous factors.
Symptoms of the disease:
- redness of the mucous membrane of the labia,
- allocation of curd mass with an unpleasant odor,
- pain in the vagina, both during sex and after,
- genital itching.
Vulvodynia. This is a difficult to diagnose disease, caused by pain at the entrance to the vagina. The cause of this pain may be inflammation of the nerve endings,
located in the vulva. The occurrence of the disease is mainly associated with
chronic candidiasis, an infectious disease, or with prolonged treatment of the patient with antibiotics. Symptoms of vulvadinia: this
- chronic pain in the vagina,
- Permanent itching of the genitals in contact with foreign objects: pads, tampons, cycling.
During sex, the labia are especially sore, their strong
burning.
Bartholinitis. This is a lesion and inflammation of the bartholin glands located at the entrance to the vagina. It can cause swelling of the labia and pain in the vagina. The disease affects the function of the glands, thereby interfering with their normal functioning, clogging the tubules. The release of lubricant does not occur. To date , doctors and doctors can not accurately identify the causes of this disease. But it is commonly believed that the labia hurt and the vaginal area due to the presence of microorganisms in the body,
such as gonococcus, staphylococcus, etc.
Symptoms of the disease are mainly associated with having sex: during arousal, the patient may experience severe pain in the vaginal area, which does not disappear after intercourse for several hours. Seals in the vagina may also appear.
Gardnerelez - a disease vagina, in other words, genital dysbiosis
organs. The main symptoms are discharge from transparent to gray-green in color with a characteristic smell of “decaying fish”, as well as itching and
pain in the vagina. The cause of the disease is
microorganism Gardnerella vaginalis. Once in the body and developing in the microflora of the vagina, it provokes unpleasant sensations in the vaginal area with characteristic secretions. Often, a woman's labia hurt.
If any of the above symptoms are found, a woman should
immediately consult a doctor - dermatovenerologist or gynecologist.
There are cases when the labia hurt during pregnancy. A pregnant woman may also experience pain and swelling in the genital area. This is primarily due to the fact that the fetus begins to compress the arteries of the genital organs, which leads to poor blood circulation. Often during pregnancy, varicose veins of the labia occurs , which is a fairly common disease in this period. But in most pregnant women, this goes both before childbirth and after.