vaginal a secondary symptom of numerous primary diseases, the causes can be varied and heterogeneous. Some examples are: allergy to body cleansers or detergents, alteration of the vaginal bacterial flora, antibiotics, oral contraceptives, candidiasis, diabetes, high sugar diet, decreased estrogen, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, menopause, weak immune system , stress, vaginitis, vaginosis, trichomoniasis, xerosis.
which underlies it, and is evaluated with a scale of ideal and subjective values, measurable in mild, moderate, medium and incessant.or fungal or serious pathologies.
Generally, the most used drugs to reduce itching are drugs based on local anesthetics such as lidocaine or corticosteroids (symptomatic treatment). The use of emollient substances can also be useful for relief.
Depending on the triggering cause, the doctor may then decide to prescribe antibiotic drugs (when itching is triggered by bacterial infections), anti-fungal drugs (if itching is caused by fungal infections) or hormone replacement therapy (in case vaginal itching is caused by atrophic vaginitis).
Emollient and Anesthetic Substances
To relieve itching, it may be useful to use products to be applied locally based on emollient substances or active ingredients with local anesthetic action, such as, for example, lidocaine and pramocaine.
Corticosteroids
In some cases, the doctor may consider prescribing the use of corticosteroid drugs in the form of a cream that may be useful for relieving itching. Hydrocortisone is one of the active ingredients that can be used in the treatment of anogenital itching.
PLEASE NOTE: The use of corticosteroids should ONLY be done if the doctor prescribes it.
Antibiotic Drugs
Antibiotic drugs can be prescribed by the doctor when this health professional identifies a "bacterial infection as the cause of vaginal itching. Depending on the case, the therapy can be local (use of vaginal pessaries, vaginal creams, etc.) or systemic (use of capsules or tablets for oral use, oral solutions, etc.).
Among the active ingredients that can be used we find metronidazole and tinidazole.
Antifungal Drugs
Antifungal drugs may be prescribed by the doctor when vaginal itching is a symptom of fungal infections - for example, from Candida spp. - in place.
Also in this case, antifungals can be used topically (pessaries, creams, capsules and vaginal douches) or systemically (capsules, tablets, oral solution, etc.).
Among the most widely used active ingredients we find azole antifungals such as metronidazole, clotrimazole, fluconazole, etc., or nystatin. The latter is an antibiotic drug with antifungal action that is used locally (vaginally) in the treatment of Candida vulvovaginitis.
