How to Treat and Speed the Recovery of a Bartholin Cyst? Posted: 03-26-06 15:14pm
my daughter was diagnosed with a bartholin
cyst that had abcessed and ruptured. Two
miss diagnosis from family Dr's. and 7
Dr's saw her in the ER before she was
correctly diagnosised. It has been 10 days
of major pain killers and antibiotics. She
is still suffering she can not sit for
more than 45 min and refuses to sit to use
the bathroom she says it burns to bad.
I am at a lose as to what to do for her
she is miserable and the Dr's are treating
this as if it is no big deal. she has not
even started her cycles yet and having to
go thru this has been dificult to say the
least. What can i do for her to speed the
recovery and not have her go thru this
again. I have not read of one child going
thru this, is this rare?
You should bring your daughter to a
gynecologist... not to a family doctor or
to the ER. Treatment of an abscessed
Bartoline’s gland is surgical.
Antibiotics and painkillers are secondary
treatments to the primary cause. Incision
and drainage of the pus is not enough
because the condition will be repeated.
There is a specific surgical procedure
called "marsupialization" wherein an
artificial outgoing glandular duct is
created for glandular secretions to be
efficiently drained.
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