Conditions
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
This might sound like the scientific name of a recently discovered species of deep sea jellyfish, but LGV is actually a sexually transmitted infection that, until a few years ago, was very rare in the UK and the rest of Western Europe. However, that situation changed in 2003 and 2004 when there were a series of outbreaks among gay men. LGV is almost exclusively transmitted sexually. The bacteria can be transmitted when infected mucosal surfaces (in men, the warm moist skin of the mouth, penis and rectum) come into contact with an uninfected person’s mucosal surfaces, during unprotected anal and oral sex, and fisting. LGV is actually a strain of Chlamydia. However, whereas a regular Chlamydia infection can be treated with a one-off dose of antibiotics for one week; LGV requires a 3 week course. If you want to avoid symptoms such as festering sores and ruptured, pus-filled glands, in and around the anus and groin, wear a condom!
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Hiya !
i am 19 years old and ever since i can remember, i have been getting large puss – filled lumps on my inner thighs. I thought it was because i was over weight and because my thighs were rubbing together when i walked (haha) but, now i have lost weight, they seem to have got worse. It is so embarrasing, especially at bedtime with the boyfriend!! They have completely scared my legs and left them horrible to look at, they are sore, irritating and the bigger ones bruise! its not fun! My GP says its foliculitus (or however you spell it) BUT anti biotics DO NOT do the trick!! I have even visited the GUM clinic and they cant do anything! No one seems to be able to tell me what it is and its becoming gutting!! HELP !!
Inside my vagina I have a big lump thing that drops lower when on my period. I saw my gp about it years ago so I know it's nothing to worry about. But now there is a little lump around the small hole that has been there a long time and has spread alittle. should I be worried??? I have been tested for STIs about a year ago and I am clear. I dont like my doctor he is scarey and a man. please help.
I to have the same problem?i have been tested also but i dont have diabeties. I have had 4 lots of Antibis since August 2008,but my GP wants me to take more should i be tested for anything else as i get terribul pain in the top of my thigh when these apear and find it hard to even walk up the stairs i have reported this to my GP BUT STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO EVEN HELP ME.Can you Help please…
i have sores inside the lips of my vagina. they are quite painfull and i dont know what they are!
around a year and a half ago a lump grew on the right side of my vagina near my clit about 9 months later one apeared on the otherside they are stil there, there about the size of a pea and in the same place but on eather side, they can be painful if agrivated by friction im quite worried as they havent settled down and gone away i couldnt find a diagnosis on the site please help
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my labia is bigger and more stretchier than i think is usual what can i do to make it normal?? iv heard you can have a operation on it but i was wondering if anything else would make it normal
should i be worried if my labia can stretch.
my mum dosn't think it is normal so i wondered if i she qwas right.
i have had for many years like small cysts on my labia and if i squeeze them a white like substance comes out there are quite a lot wot could they be?
i have a half-pence size lump in the inside of my vagina its not sore but it does get itchy sometimes i ve had it for abt 3 yrs now it started small and has grown to the size i stated can u help by advising me what this is please.
i noticed 2years ago that i got a couple of spots on the lips of my vigina also just inside , wen i got them first i couldnt burst them,but i have presisted and when i did burst them yellow dry stuff comes out of them, but they are always there never go away can u please tell me what this is as im so worried…there not sore just itchy.??
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