If you’re the proud owner of a vagina, then you already know how miserable life can be when you get itchy down there. While there are lots of things that can make your vulva sting—like yeast or a ...

Many patients suffer with vulvar contact dermatitis, and patch testing can help them identify and avoid the specific allergens that cause their discomfort, a recent systematic review suggests. "This ...

In patients with chronic vulvar complaints, allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) shows high prevalence with 86.6% exhibiting positive patch test reactions, of which 37.9% were clinically relevant. Nearly ...

The most common cause of a rash on the vulva, Dr. Shepherd says, is contact dermatitis (and research has found that about 50 percent of rashes near the vagina are contact dermatitis-related).