Future Health Frontiers Q&A Women’s Health

Can vulvar itching be washed with hot water?

Asked by:Windy

Asked on:Mar 29, 2026 10:29 AM

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  • Var Var

    Mar 29, 2026

      However, most vulvar itching at present has nothing to do with these microorganisms, but chronic dermatitis or chronic dermatitis caused by long-term stimulation by physical, chemical and other factors. eczema

      Some people mistakenly believe that the vulva is a dirty place and wash it every night with soap, hot water, salt water, cleaning solution or disinfectant. They also say that they feel very comfortable after being scalded. In fact, the vulva is not dirtier than the mouth and nose. Excessive cleaning, disinfection, and "comfort" can cause imbalance of the flora of the vulva, local inflammation, make it more severe, and even cause perianal inflammation, cystitis, retrograde pyelonephritis, etc.

      For vulvar itching, some doctors not only do not advise patients to stop scalding, but instead recommend that they apply drugs containing "pine" hormones after scalding. The result is that it is temporarily effective, but it will become more itchy after stopping, and it will become more stubborn with more treatment, and may even not heal for many years.

      In order to cure stubborn vulvar itching, you must first stop all kinds of scalding and washing measures, and secondly, stop taking all medicines containing "pine". It may be more itchy when you stop taking the medicine. At this time, you can use a thick cold towel to compress the vulva. Wash the towel every 3 minutes to prevent it from getting hot. Continue to apply cold compress until it is no longer itchy, then apply again if it is itchy again. You can eventually recover without applying any medicine.

      After daily defecation or sexual intercourse, just rinse the vulva with cold water, but do not flush the water into the anus or vagina, so as not to affect the self-cleaning effect of the body's tissues.

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