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Also known as Vulvitis (disorder), Vulvitis - non sp., Vulvitis NOS, Vulvitis unspecified, Vulvitis unspecified (disorder), mammalian vulvaitis, mammalian vulva inflammation

Vulvitis is inflammation of the vulva, the external female mammalian genitalia that include the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, and introitus (the entrance to the vagina). It may co-occur as vulvovaginitis with vaginitis, inflammation of the vagina, and may have infectious or non-infectious causes. The warm and moist conditions of the vulva make it easily affected. Vulvitis is prone to occur in any female especially those who have certain sensitivities, infections, allergies, or diseases that make them likely to have vulvitis. Postmenopausal women and prepubescent girls are more prone to

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disease
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Vulva
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urology
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inflammation
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Vulvite é a inflamação da vulva, a genitália feminina externa dos mamíferos que inclui os grandes lábios, os pequenos lábios, o clitóris e o intróito (a entrada da vagina). Quando ocorre com inflamação da vagina é chamada de vulvovaginite. Pode ter causas alérgica, infecciosa, irritativa ou autoimune.

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