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7 months of Labial burning/rednessFrom: K. (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 5 Jul 2000 12:35:04 -0500 (CDT)
I am a 34 year old woman with a 7 month history of redness and burning of the labia; specifically the folds between the labia minora and majora bilaterally. There is also some "bumpiness" to the area. Viral cultures were negative, bacterial cultures showed heavy growth of e.coli and light growth enterococcus which my physician determined was normal (I did, however, try penicillin and augmentin). My biopsy showed "focal squamous epithelial hyperplasia with mild hyperkeratosis, negative for malignancy and dysplasia". Besides the above antibiotics, I have also tried numerous steriod creams and antifungals with no relief. What's odd is that some days the burning is severe and some days I hardly feel it, although the redness/bumpiness is always there. My physician has spoken with pathologists, dermatologists, and other ob/gyn's and have come up with two therapies to try. First, diflucan q 3 days for 5 weeks, which I am now trying (it seems to be getting worse). The other alternative if the above does not work is trying elavil (for some kind of neuralgia?) Intercourse is not painful, and the area around the vulva/vaginal opening is not affected, therefore I believe I can rule out vulvar vestibulitis. Please send me your thoughts and/or referrals on who I could contact in this field who could provide with with some insight to this most unusual problem. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from someone.
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