A vaginal tear is a disruption in the vaginal mucosa. It is considered a wound and can become infected. It cannot be determined what caused the vaginal tear. However, it might need stitches depending on the size of the wound. The symptoms of possible infection might include: pain in the area, redness, and pus coming out of the wound.
If the infection spreads to other organs, other symptoms originating from the affected organs might be present. Fever and a feeling of weakness might also be present in an advanced infection.
You might want to visit a gynecologist to check if the vaginal tear needs stitches. The gynecologist might use local anesthesia if the wound is small. The local anesthetics would be applied locally with needles. Several minutes afterwards, the stitches would be put in. After the effect of the anesthetics stop, pain will appear which can be treated more or less effectively with analgesics. It might need several days for the pain to be reduced significantly. A swab from the wound might be needed to determine the most effective antibiotics.
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