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Q: STD? Genital bump on labia

asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 27th, 2007

Every once in awhile, I get a big bump on my labia minora. It seems like a pimple , it gets a little sore, but isn't unbearable. Its no accompanied by any other, just one bump. After a little bit of time, even though its painful, you can mash it, and it will pop, and puss like substance, accompanied by a little blood shoots out of the bump. I like to believe that this is not no kind of HIV. After you mash it, and it empties, it heals up. I have read something about some type of cyst? Anyways, regardless of what it may be, whats the severity of it? Ive had pap smears, not while i had A bump though, but if they had detected ANYTHING at all they would have let me know right?

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on January 31st, 2007

Sexual Health - Women Answer A2249

According to your description (“one recurrent painful big bump on the labia minora that expels pus when popped), you could be experiencing inflammation/infection of the Bartholini gland. The excretory canal of the gland becomes blocked due to inflammation can create an inflamed cyst. Pain is a dominant symptom during infection of the Bartholini gland. A local surgical incision can treat the condition but it usually repeats after a while. Definitive treatment that will prevent recurrent symtpoms includes surgical treatment of the cyst (marsupialisation ).

It doesn't seem likely that you are experiencing an HIV-infection because HIV-infection does not manifested with genital bumps and cysts!

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