WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 2001: Bartholin's Gland. Help!!

Bartholin's Gland. Help!!

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 05:20:31 -0600 (CST)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks for your reply. I followed your advice, visited my OB-Gyn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- again and it was in fact the Bartholin's gland. The doctor said it is -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- not infected but that the exit (duct?) gets blocked therefore producing the swelling. She told me not to have sex more than once a day, to use a local anestesic gel (Xylocaine?) and to wash myseld after sex with Camomille.....Is this really going to work? Could anyone give me a faster solution? I know the gland does not get swollen to the size of a golf ball, but it is enough to put me off sex, because it is painful and it has been going on for 5 WEEKS! Would you recommend to ge it drained? ... Many thanks, Sylvia

-- -------- >>My problem started a few weeks back. When I have sexual intercourse >>with my parter, what I think is my left Batholin gland on the labia >>majora of the vagina gets swollen to the size of a small coffee bean >>(maybe even not that big). When pressure is applied during intercourse >>a pinching pain is proyected inside my vagina and makes intercourse >>painful most of the times. Once we have finished it stays swollen for >>half a day or so. I've visited 3 doctors already but, eveytime I've >>been to see them I hadn't had sex for the 3 or 4 previous days and >>therefore everything seems normal. However, when I'm told not to worry >>and try to have sex again, the little left gland gets a bit swollen with >>friction and hurts again. Has anyone ever experienced something like >>this? Am I right to assume is one of the Bartholin's glands? and....what >>can I do about it?? >>Thanks.

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>The Bartholin's gland is a likely suspect. Make an appointment, and
>then have sex at least once the day before, or, better yet, daily for
>2-3 days before the exam. It is unbeliveably helpful for the doc to
>actually be able to see the problem that the patient is describing.
>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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