Re: VAGINALIRREGULARITY: Something isn't right with my vagina
From: D. Ashley Hill, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:44:55 -0500 (CDT)
Lizzie-
I agree with others that you should see a gyn. Please don't hesitate
out of embarrassment. As strange as it might seem, a lot of our job is
to help women having vaginal problems. Put another way, by the time a
gynecologist finishes his or her 4 years of training, he or she has
likely done 10,000 or so female genital exams, so please be comfortable
that your doctor can help.
It's possible that you are looking at normal or slightly enlarged
hymenal tissue, since you are a virgin. A painless exam should give you
a quick answer. If this is what is is, then you may not need treatment,
unless you are not able to use tampons. Sometimes, although not often,
a brief outpatient procedure is necessary to enlarge the opening, but
this is pretty uncommon. Good luck and best wishes.
--
D. Ashley Hill, MD
Orlando, FL
At Thu, 29 May 2008, Lizzie wrote:
>
>I'm really worried about my vagina, I'm certain something must be wrong,
>but I have social phobia and I'm so insecure discussing my reproductive
>organs as it is, that I'm absolutely terrified to talk to my mom about
>it and I don't think she'd take me seriously anyways.
>
>I'm 19, and I'm a virgin, but I've worn a tampon once before. And up
>until now, that had brought me comfort that everything must be okay,
>because I was able to get it in. But I've now noticed that I can't seem
>to get a finger in, and I'm scared to try a tampon again. When I look
>at it, it doesn't look like any picture I've ever seen. I can see the
>urethra, but I don't see a second opening. I can see where it's
>supposed to be, but it looks more like there could be a tiny opening on
>either side of a solid mass of flesh (or twin masses of flesh merged
>together at the middle) that is sensitive if I press on it. It
>basically looks like my vagina is plugged by something. I have no idea
>what it could be. I've tried searching everything I know of, and I'm
>getting really scared. I was hoping it would just go away, but it's
>not. I still have regular periods and everything, so there must be an
>opening somewhere for the blood to come out, but something is taking up
>the rest of the opening.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what this might be? I'm going back to the
>OBGYN (I've never had an exam by anyone, ever, so no, she hasn't looked
>at it) in September. Is this something that can probably wait until
>then, or is it panic time and I should be running out to have it
>checked?
--
D. Ashley Hill, MD
Division Director, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Florida Hospital Orlando
Medical Director
Loch Haven Ob/Gyn Group
235 East Princeton Street, #200
Orlando, Florida 32804
http://www.lochhavenobgyn.com
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