Is vulvar whitening hereditary?

Is vulvar leukoplakia hereditary? Many women develop vulvar leukoplakia without realizing it. They don't know what's going on and don't have any special reactions. Do you consider the possibility of hereditary disease? Let's take a closer look at vulvar leukoplakia.

The exact cause of vulvar white lesions is unknown. It may be related to the following factors: genetics, autoimmunity, sex hormone deficiency or decreased sex hormone receptors, etc. Vulvar squamous epithelial hyperplasia may be related to vulvar moisture, long-term stimulation of secretions, resulting in vulvar itching and repeated scratching.

Vulvar leukoplakia, formally known clinically as vulvar malnutrition or vulvar precancerous lesions, is a disease caused by cell damage. Due to the lesions of cells, nutrients cannot be absorbed from the body, resulting in a decrease in the patient's body resistance and recovery. Years of illness have led to the occurrence of various gynecological diseases in patients, such as hardening, roughness, itching, ulcers, and cracks on the skin surface. Severe patients also have atrophy or hyperplasia of the vulva. Since more than 80% of patients will have varying degrees of whitening or graying of the vulvar skin, we commonly call it: vulvar leukoplakia.

Vulvar malnutrition can cause local lesions. According to the differences in its tissue pathological changes, it is divided into hyperplastic malnutrition, lichen sclerosus malnutrition, and mixed malnutrition. Vulvar leukoplakia has different symptoms in different types and stages. Although there is no direct cause of this disease, factors such as the long-term moisture of the local skin of the vulva and the stimulation of vaginal discharge, and the lack of Ph4 weak acid formula female care liquid for daily vulvar cleaning may be related to its occurrence.