What causes vulva dryness and pain?

Causes of female genital dryness pain is more common, most common is simple vulvitis, may also be caused by vulvar sclerosis lichen, and for elderly women, may also be due to ovarian failure, the secretion caused by the performance. But then often the pain is not particularly serious, mainly showing vulvar dryness phenomenon. Just because the vulva is dry, so underwear after friction, there may be mild pain symptoms. General elderly women show this situation, can consider in the vagina and vulva local use of estriol ointment to smear, to alleviate this performance. For vulvitis women, it is often necessary to consider local application of erythromycin ointment to treat. The above plan is for reference only, specific drug use please combine their own situation under the guidance of professional doctors.