What causes itching in the private parts?

Private itching generally refers to the itching of the genital area. There are many causes of itching in the genital area, and the more common diseases are allergy, infection, pruritus, and so on.
1. Allergy: when the genital area comes into contact with certain irritating exogenous substances, the skin mucosa will produce acute and chronic inflammatory reaction, such as soap, poor quality fabric underwear, depilatory cream, etc., causing itching.
2. Infection: coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus infection, Malassezia infection, Escherichia coli infection, parasitic infections, etc. can cause follicular inflammation and itching.
3. Pruritus: Sebaceous gland hypoplasia, high heat and humidity, mental overstress, pregnancy and many other factors can cause itching of the skin without lesions. The cause of this disease is not clear, but can be localized or systemic.
Private itching should be taken seriously, it is recommended that timely hospital consultation, identify the causes under the guidance of the doctor the correct treatment, do not scratch to avoid infection.