Irritants
Whether you like it or not, your vaginal gets exposed to various chemicals that triggers itching. Irritants such as soaps, feminine sprays, douches, detergents and contraceptives. Vaginal irritation could also arise if you have diabetes.
Skin Disease
Skin disease including eczema and blistered skin could cause vaginal itching. Outbreaks of this disease will result to intolerable vaginal itching.
Yeast Infection
Normally, yeast is present in your vagina but increased number of it will result yeast infection which causes vaginal itching. Yeast infection is mostly caused by consumption of antibiotics because it actively destroys the useful bacteria situated in the vagina. The useful bacteria helps in maintaining the number of yeast in the vagina. The most common symptoms of yeast infection is a white lumpy discharge and a burning/itching sensation.
Vaginitis
Vaginitis or vulvovaginitis is another cause of itching. The parasite causing the infection is disrupted during vaginitis. Itching is the most obvious symptoms of Vaginitis, along with irritation, redness in the vulvar area, uncommon discharge and odor.
Menopause
Women during the menopausal stage mostly experience vaginal itching. This is caused by the reduced amount of estrogen level, leading to dryness in the vagina. Dryness associates irritation.
Stress
You might find it impossible but stress can actually cause itching and irritation in the vagina. Though these cases are not common but they actually happen. Doctors connect stress to vaginal itching because your immune system weakens when you’re too stress.
It is important to know when to seek doctor’s advice for vaginal itching. If the itchiness is already disrupting your daily life, pain starts to strike, fatigue, and weight loss, seek doctor’s advice immediately.