Dietary taboos for patients with vulvar leukoplakia

Many patients with vulvar leukoplakia choose some foods for diet therapy while taking medication, but not all foods are beneficial to patients with this disease. So what are the foods that are taboo for patients with vulvar leukoplakia?

Spicy food

Spicy foods include fried foods, chili peppers, peppercorns, garlic, mustard, pepper, ginger, wine and alcoholic beverages, etc. Eating such foods will aggravate vulvar itching in patients with vulvar leukoplakia.

Moldy, pickled food

According to statistics, 10% of patients with vulvar leukoplakia may develop cancer. Moldy and pickled foods contain carcinogens, which increase the risk of cancer in patients and should be avoided.

Hair

Hairy food refers to food that is rich in nutrition or irritation and easily changes sores or certain symptoms, such as mutton, fish and shrimp, etc. Such food will increase the chance of local ulceration, chapped skin, ulceration and secondary infection, and patients with vulvar leukoplakia should not eat it.

Allergenic Foods

People often experience a special kind of poisoning after eating seafood, which manifests as allergy-like symptoms such as skin itching, redness, edema, etc. This kind of food will aggravate the condition of patients with vulvar leukoplakia, and patients with this disease should avoid eating it.

Warming food

If the patient has ulcers or bleeding in the affected area, avoid eating warm foods, such as mutton, leeks, ginger, pepper, cinnamon, etc. Such foods will aggravate the ulcers and bleeding in the affected area.