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How To Check Your Vulva
Around 1000 cases of vulval cancer are diagnosed every year in the UK, mainly in women who have been through the menopause. However, there are also a range of other vulval conditions that affect all women – highlighting how important it is to self-check your vulva. Although it may seem daunting if you haven’t self-checked before, Dr Dawn Harper’s guide will show you exactly how to conduct the check – so grab that mirror!
If you’d prefer to carry out this check away from your computer, then download our specially produced version for your mobile phone from the Channel 4 Mobile site.
Just text VULVA to 84444
Texts and data are charged at your standard network rate.
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For further advice on vulval conditions, visit the Vulval Health Awareness Campaign
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hi im 17 and for about a year or so now i'v had a small lump on my vagina lip and it has got bigger then smaller now its just stayed small for about 6 months? im to embarrast to go to the doctors could you tell me what it is please get back to me. thanks
hi im 19 i have just had a baby 15 weeks ago and since then my vagina hasnt been the same it feels tighter and hurts when we have sex.
i am 16 and i was wondering if anyone has lips that cover your clot and vaginal opening, also my lips are wrinked and it makes me very self concious..
i have recently found a small lump in light redish colour on the left side of my vagina i left it and it went away but now it has come back what could it be? i dont have any unusual bleeding it comes back when i shave my vaginal area.
Hi, for as long as I can remember I have had a pea sized hard lump on the right inside lip, always thought it was gristle or something, it never bothered me but I shaved last week and since then it has flared up, swollen and red and sore, ?
I'm 30 years old and i was doing a check and i noticed that i seam to have soft lumpy tissue just in the inside of my vagina. Should i go to my doctor?
Thank you for your time
have just found a pea sized spot looking thing on the outside of my vagina? near where the pubic hair is,( its not an ingrown hair) am unsure what it is and it only hurts when u touch it, it is sort of hard. i wouldnt even know it was there, but am still worried!
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i am 65 and have this lump on out side of my vulva. it does not hurt but feels swollen , do you think its through shaving with eleric shaver.
hi im 18 and in the last few days i have found a lump on my right lip down below. Its a red painful lump which causes me not to be able to sleep properly and it has white spots on it please can u tell me what it is and what i can do to get rid of it
in the video it shows her hair around the lips of the vagina is that normal because i have aswell please reply .