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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!
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I have noticed that I have a lump about the size of a pea on my labia, it's not sore but I'm still abit concerned. I have also notice that got couple of black spots around the lump too. I'm really concerned, and don't know what to do.
i have had labial itching for over a year raised area only bleeds when really itchy does swell and feel a bit rough around the skin i have breast cancer. my mother had removal of bartholin glands when she was 40/50 is this hereditery
I was wondering if this is normal I was have sex with my partner and when I ejaculated I had a sudden pain in my lower stomach and have been having a pain in my lower stomach for 3 days it is not causing real amounts off pain just more off an annoying pain any 1 know what this might be thanks.
I'm wondering if u can help me!! I'm suffering from what I think is absess on the outside of my vigina, I've had an absess before an couldn't even walk at one point now I'm constantly getting them an becoming a little worried, I can never get rid of 1 before getting another can anyone help??
I have only had 2 sexual partners,and I have only had unprotected sex once. He claims to have been tested from STI's and claims to be okay but I have noticed a form of discharge from my urethra and I dont know why, help?
i have had some pain, inside my vagina on the right, the last day or so its been painful to sit and have sex,the only way i cauld discribe it, is its asif iv had sex with a baseball bat!! in the shower i felt a lump, i can also feel the lump outside my vagina, its extremly painfull, im terrofied it cauld be cancer, and i realy dont want to have to go to the drs, please help!! im 22
I shaved the sides of my vagina with a razor and since then my skin has been sore, red and itchy. I have been using Sodocreme and Savlon but my skin keeps splitting open and I now get white thick cream outside my labia. Does anyone know what I can do?
i have the same problem and i dont know what to do about it because it takes around 2 weeks to stop being painful.i dont know why it happens and would also like to know the answer and any possible ways to stop it.
Hi, sounds like you have a fungal infection in the skin. The vagina has an abundance of natural bacterias and suchlike, which are essential to the health of our lady bits! Every now and then these natural levels get knocked out of kilter by illness, antibiotics or occasionally by irritation to the area. Being a naturally moist and warm area, the vagina's a hot spot for fungal or bacterial over-growth. If you have ever had Thrush you will know all about this. Is it possible you nicked or scratched the skin with your razor? If so, some of the natural candida fungus, or bacteria (more likely to be fungal) has colonised the top layer of your skin, causing irritation. The sensible thing to do would be to contact your GP and get it looked at, just to make sure. In the meantime, if you want to make yourself more comfortable, you may consider using an over-the counter cream such as cansesten (for thrush) instead of sudocrem or savlon. You should apply it thinly every time you go tothe toilet. If that relieves the condition slightly I'd say it was almost certainly a fungal problem,and should be treated very easily and painlessly with an oral tablet for thrush and the cream for the external area. You are however, highly recommended to consult your GP, as a stronger dose, or longer period of treatment may be necessary to completely clear it. Hope this helps! (Oh, and BTW, the best cream I have ever found for healing skin is Bepanthen - expensive, but oh so worth it!)
I have a big spot on the outside of my vagina, but on the lower side. Its really painful and hurts when I do anything, even cough. I'm 13 and have had it for 2 days, and don't want to tell my mum because it would be awkward. I've had a virus and I'm just getting better now. It has pus all around it and is all red. What do I do, and will it go away?
The outside of my vagina is painfully itchy and has been for months. I have no idea what it could be as its not my hair abd i had it before i had sex..?
I have had a lump on my vagina lip for the last few months the last couple of days it seems to have got bigger and is tender to the touch now it never used to be I'm slightly worried.