STD? Genital bump on labia Posted: 01-27-07 05:45am
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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Sexual Health - Women Answer A2249 Posted: 01-31-07 06:57am
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 ).
Your condition is definitely not an
HIV-infection because HIV-infection does
not manifested with genital bumps and
cysts!
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