What causes genital atrophy?

If the reproductive age of women showed atrophy of the vulva, it is likely to be caused by vulvar malnutrition. This is because the female vulva skin and mucosa showed lesions, resulting in atrophy of the vulva, mainly labia majora, labia minora atrophy. And with the time, may show the phenomenon of complete disappearance of labia minora. At the same time, this kind of women will be accompanied by repeated vulvar itching, peeling performance, and itching is particularly intense, often need to use glucocorticoid ointment to carry out local application, in order to alleviate itching symptoms. Some women may need to subcutaneous injection of triamcinolone acetonide suspension, in order to achieve the effect of itching. However, if it is an elderly woman, it may be considered that due to age, the hormone in the body decreases, showing the phenomenon of natural genital atrophy and will be accompanied by vaginal and cervical atrophy.