Re: vaginal irritation - please help.
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 May 2003 08:42:37 -0500 (CDT)
Perhaps you are not well prepared for penetration, or excessive
duration??
At Thu, 29 May 2003, sammy wrote:
>
>Hi! I am hoping that you can help me. Ever since i began having sex (4
>Months ago) i have been getting vaginal irritation - by this i mean
>slight itching, pain around the vaginal entrance, and it is red. The
>area around the vaginal entrance is very sensitive to touch. The odd
>thing is that this only happens around 2 days before my period and a few
>days after. I have been tested for std's and they were all negative. My
>partner, nor myself have ever been with anyone else. I am on
>birthcontrol and sex is always protected. I had a pap which came back
>with ASCUS, altho i had a yeast infection when it was done so perhaps
>this could have caused the result. I am very concerned as to what might
>be causing this vaginal irritation - i would assume since it comes and
>goes with my period that it is related to hormones or something, altho i
>have never had this until i started having sex. Do you have any ideas
>as to what this might be? It is really annoying and upsetting to me, i
>just want to have a normal vagina again!!! Any guidance is extremely
>appreciated. Thank you, Sincerely, Sammy
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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Director Obgyn.net Latina
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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