Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Vaginal Opening appearing to be closing? Please help
From: Pat Sonnenstuhl (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:25:23 -0500 (CDT)
This sounds suspiciously to me like HPV warts. You will need and exam
to confirm it. They tend to cluster sometimes, and have a texture to
them. If your doctors thought they were warts, did she give you some
cream, or options for removal ?
If they are getting larger, there are various options for removal. The
timeline you describes sounds like a pretty common one for this
condition, or at least I have seen it...a yeast infection, and then the
warts appear.
HPV shows up in many different ways...on the cervix in the form of
abnormal cells, and on the external genitalia as bumps or clusters of
bumps.
Treatments include freezing, laser removal and sometimes a cream. It
just depends upon the extensiveness of them. Please call your gyn back
and clarify that you think they might be warts and you need a further
exam and some suggested treatments.
At Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Kobi wrote:
>
>I am really hoping someone can help me; my general concern is
>surrounding some strange discharge and growths in and around my vagina.
>Here's a timeline of what has been concerning me: 1) approximately 8
>weeks ago, I developed what I believe was a yeast infection (symptoms
>characteristic of this); I had to treat it twice to eliminate it (once
>with Monistat 3-day, followed by the 7-day - it went away; 2)
>approximately 1-2 weeks later I noticed two growths on my labia; they
>have not yet gone away; they look more like small, triangular "flaps" of
>skin - approximately 1/8th and 1/4 inch long; 3) around 4 weeks after
>that, I began having a brown discharge; I still have it and it appears
>to be getting worse. I went to my doctor a few days ago; she suggested
>that the discharge might be hormonal, and sent me for bloodwork. She
>also did a PAP. When she looked at the growths, she said that one was a
>wart, and the other looked like a cyst. I am questioning this because,
>upon my close inspection, they look like they are the same type of
>growth (not different); they only differ in their size. She has made a
>referral to a gyno, but I have not yet heard back as to an appointment.
>My most concerning issue is that, last night, I noticed that, at the
>entry to my vagina, it appears to be "closing". Growths, or large lumps
>(not small bumps)which appear to be in a "clumping" kind of structure
>are there. It is to the extent that I am having some difficulties
>getting a tampon inserted. I should also note that I had a baby 7
>months ago and noticed these vaginal lumps (i.e. smaller opening)around
>2 - 3 months postpartum, but attributed it to changes as a result of
>delivery (and, also, that I perhaps was recalling what my vagina looked
>like previously)
>
>Has anyone had anything similar to this? I am becoming increasingly
>concerned that it might be vaginal tumours, or something like that.
>PLEASE HELP!
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