List of Vulvovaginal Diseases

List of Vulvovaginal Diseases

Vulvovaginal health is the health and sanitation of the human female vulva and vagina.

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Problems affecting this area include:

• Infection with Candida albicans (candidiasis or "yeast infection")
• Bacterial vaginosis (BV) associated with the Gardnerella, formerly called "nonspecific vaginitis"
• Trichomoniasis
• Vulvodynia
• Vestibulodynia
• Urinary bladder infection, urinary tract infection (UTI), cystitis, Urethritis
• Various types of prolapse (where another pelvic organ protrudes into the vagina)
• Lichen Sclerosis (auto-immune disorder)
• Cervical cancer (may be prevented by Pap smear screening and HPV vaccines)
• Genital warts (may be prevented by HPV vaccines)
• Vulvar cancer

Vulvo-Perineal Localization of Dermatologic Disorders

• Systemic disorders may be localized in the vulvo-perineal region.
• In Langerhans cell histiocytosis, lesions initially are erythematous, purpuric papules and they then become scaly, crusted and sometimes confluent.
• In Kawasaki disease, an erythematous, desquamating perineal rash may occur in the second week of symptom onset, almost at the same time as palmoplantar desquamation.
• Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a biochemical disorder of zinc metabolism.

Infectious diseases

• Vaginitis
• Perineal dermatitis
• Viral infections
• Infestations with pinworms (rare), scabies and lice.