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

Re: Bartholin's Gland. Help!!

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:03:40 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 30 Nov 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
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>Many thanks for your reply. I followed your advice, visited my OB-Gyn
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>again and it was in fact the Bartholin's gland. The doctor said it is
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>not infected but that the exit (duct?) gets blocked therefore producing
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>the swelling. She told me not to have sex more than once a day, to use
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>a local anestesic gel (Xylocaine?) and to wash myseld after sex with
>Camomille.....Is this really going to work?

it might -- and it won't hurt

Could anyone give me a >faster solution?

surgery

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
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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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