A textbook of obstetrics . -. Pruritus vulvae may be a neurosis or may be due to irritatingvaginal discharges and to glycosuria. The disease is oftentimesmost intractable to treatment. Antiseptic vaginal injections may. Fig. 150.—Hypertrophy of the urethral walls in pregnancy (authors case). be tried, or a wash of two per cent, solution nitrate of silver(Zweifel) ; menthol ointment, and other analgesic applications;very hot water, vinegar, and an infusion of tobacco are house-hold remedies of some value. In the worst cases the womanbecomes almost maniacal. I have seen a patient walk the floora
A textbook of obstetrics . -. Pruritus vulvae may be a neurosis or may be due to irritatingvaginal discharges and to glycosuria. The disease is oftentimesmost intractable to treatment. Antiseptic vaginal injections may. Fig. 150.—Hypertrophy of the urethral walls in pregnancy (authors case). be tried, or a wash of two per cent, solution nitrate of silver(Zweifel) ; menthol ointment, and other analgesic applications;very hot water, vinegar, and an infusion of tobacco are house-hold remedies of some value. In the worst cases the womanbecomes almost maniacal. I have seen a patient walk the floorall night, tearino; at the vulva with her fmo;er-nails until the labiawere raw and the fingers were stained with blood. In such casesthe induction of labor must be considered. Edema of the vulva may be unilateral or bilateral, and in somepregnant women reaches an extreme degree. It is due to pres-sure upon the pelvic veins, to kidney insufficiency, or, in the uni-lateral form, to labial abscess. There are some women who DISEASES OF THE VULVA. 219 develop a vulvovaginal abscess regularly in every pregnancy,and not at other times. Treatment.—If the cause can be removed, the edema willdisappear. The treatment of
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