Just under a week ago I began experiencing severe itching around my vagina, the clitoral hood, on the labia minora and the perineum. I believe it was down to poor genital hygiene (I'm lazy when it comes to cleaning down there) and have experienced the same thing 1 or 2 times in the past. I took the usual procedures for relieving the itching; washing with luke warm water only, wearing cotton underwear and keeping the area clean and dry. In the earlier stages of the itching I was scratching it quite a bit, but managed to avoid it later on which helped reduced the itching a lot. 4 days later and the itching has gone, however I am experiencing some small areas of soreness at the top of the labia minora and next to the vaginal opening on my labia majora. Is this just an after effect of the itching and irritation? Considering I was scratching quite roughly before. There are no spots, ulcers or blisters present in the area, and no other visual changes. It's just sore to touch. It has been getting slightly better, but I just want to make sure it is nothing serious. I had my doctor look at it and they didn't spot anything unusual. Is it just irritation? Or something more serious?