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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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I found a lump near my vagina im really worried bout it i also find my the outer vagina where the hair grows to be very itcy what should i do
hi i am 18 and i dont realy check myself but i did the other day and i founed a lunp ins not realy that close to my vagina but its near the botom right of it it is quite hard and fairly big (like a marble)i bont know what to do im realy scared please help
i am 24 and i examined myseif today and have found a lump on my vulea. when i touch it the lump moves. i am very worried about it.
hello im 14 and im really embaresed about my vulva, i have really big lips at the entrence of my vulva, im really embarsed to talk to my mum about it please help me
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I recently had thrush (2 weeks ago). It is all cleared now but the entrance to my Vagina seems swollen and the vulva area has a whiteness to it. I am not in any pain. Is this normal? Did the thrush not clear up?
I am 23 and I have short vulva.It looks so embarrassing,especially when many a time I have to enter the girls common room and change my sanitary pads in front of other women.My vulva looks almost like a 5-year old girl's.Because of this,I hate to shave off the pubic hair around it,so as to give it a womanish appearance,but to no avail.
Please help: i examined myself today and noticed these cone shaped, pale, almost clear pink things inside the entrance to the ureathra or vagina. I am 22 and have never noticed them before. When I move the skin and pull down the labyia to see inside I see 4 or 5 all around the opening. Are these glands or is there something very seriously wrong? What could it be and why? I am so scared because my grandma recently found out she had stage 3 vulvar cancer. Please help.
Hi, im really looking for some help! At the entrance on my vagina( where you would insert a tampon ) i have a fleshy piece of skin. Its pale pink and it has no feeling if i touch/apply pressure to it. What is this ? Also, if i insert a tampon and apply pressure up or down, i get the same feeling as if i want to empty my bowls. Im 14 years old and no sexualy active, however please could someone help meas im starting to think im not normal. Thanks
afetr reading a comment left on the 5th of september – i also have a thin piece of skin with no feeling in it what so ever which from previous research is the remains of a hymen and am also wondering how to get rid of it- any advice would be greatly appreciated -thank you
Hi i have a swollen vagina and i have seen a doctor and they said it was nothing to worry about but i am quite worried i would like a proffesional to help me out