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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I am 42 and female and have been suffering with lumps in my groin area for 20 years.They are not a constant thing they come and go. Sometimes they go in days and then there's the one's that are there for weeks. Some are painful and some are not, sometimes i have pierced them to relieve the pressure then take a salt bath. I don't no why i get them and have never been to the docters about them because im embarrassed and am so scared from them.
I am 42 and female and have been suffering with lumps in my groin area for 20 years.They are not a constant thing they come and go. Sometimes they go in days and then there's the one's that are there for weeks. Some are painful and some are not, sometimes i have pierced them to relieve the pressure then take a salt bath. I don't no why i get them and have never been to the docters about them because im embarrassed and am so scared from them.
I am 18 and I have a small White lump on the outside of my vagina I thought it was a spot but when I try to squeeze it nothing happens. It isn't at all sore and it moves around when I touch it I have had claumydia but have been treated I also suffer from regular bladder infections please help I am really concerned.
i was having sex and my partner told me i had a lump inside my vagina dont know what it is, i also have noticed my mole on my face was bleeding and had a small bump on my leg that was red and has now gone brown and gets sore and slighter bigger now and then is something wrong with me or am i justing being paranoid
i have a lump on my lift labia. at first i thought it was merely an ingrown hair then squeezed it and a little puss came out and it is sore sometimes with friction when i walk. it went right down and was just a small little lump and i thought it was on it's way to going, however recently it has come up again. i;ve squeezed it and again puss then blood, almost every day now stuff comes out of it when i squeeze.
hey im 20 years old female and for the past 3/4years i have been having lumps come up in my pubic groin area. they are hard painful lumps which burst and are full of puss and blood. sometimes not all the lumps burst but go back down but leave scars. i have been to the doctors and they dont know what they are, i am over weight, and wonder if this has something to do with it. hope ya can help me….
hi,
about 2 months ago i noticed a layer of white skin on my vagina what looked like tissue paper when i wiped myself,when i wipe it away my vagina looks red and sore and looks like it has a couple of sores on it,im concerned,i suffer from thrush alot even when treated it comes back.please help
i have a small lump about the size of a pea on my labia, this appeared about 3 weeks ago, I had one last year but managed to squeeze it and it went away, this time there is no head to squeeze and the lump is shiny and only painful when I have been to the toilet and wiped. Initially I thought it came as I was run down and very tired but as it's been here so long I'm worried, friends says it's just a gland.I also have a tiny one which is just like a spot near it, I'm in my 40's and married.
Any advice would be gratefully received.thanks
I noticed two days ago that i have two small yellow sopts on the walls of my vagina.They are not itchy or painfull but the right side of my vagina looks a little swallon.The only time i notice that they are there is when i go to the toilet and have to wipe myself it stings a little but then goes away.
I have just started taking adcal-d3 calcuim tablets which was given to me by my midwife as all women are given them when they are pregnant.What could it be?
i have a solid lump on my labia which came up 1 week ago i didnt think much of it as i thought it would just be a spot but this has not gone down and i am a little curious as to what it could be. At first it was tender but now its just a lump.
Can you give me some advise?
thanks
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