When you are suffering from vulvar symptoms, it can impact your relationship and affect the sexual intimacy between you and your partner. Sexual pain should not be ignored.
Many medical conditions can cause vulvar symptoms and it is important for you to report any abnormal feelings you are experiencing, especially when they are worrisome and causing difficulties.
Menopause has a profound effect on the female genitals. The vulva becomes dry, sensitive and fragile since menopausal skin is thinner than normal skin.
Vulvar lichen planus is an inflammatory condition of the vulva which often also affects the vagina, and sometimes the mouth and other areas of the skin or the mucous membranes.
Vulvar Dystrophy
According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists educational resources, vulvar dystrophy is the growth of abnormal skin on the vulva.