Re: 9 year old: vagina seems to have closed up
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:03:27 -0500 (CDT)
Didn't the lovely and every talented Dr. Ashley Hill answer tihis one
last week? If not, I stand corrected. The correct answer is "Don't
worry". The condition is called labial agglutinationand resolves
spontaneously in the greatest majority of cases without any therapy.
At Wed, 23 Jul 1997, wrote:
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>From: "Steve" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>To: <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 12:30:45 -0700
>>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
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>>my friends daughter has an interesting condition that we have been unable
>>to get much information on.her vagina seems to have closed up.we know she
>>had one at birth because she had that slight vaginal beeding that baby
>>girls have at birth but at about the age of five she was itchy one day so
>>her mom checked to see if she had a yeast infection or something and when
>>she checked she realized she had no vagina,she still has a urethra tho.the
>>family doctordid not know how to treat this she suggested a hormone cream
>>but the little girl was reluctant to use it so no results were achieved.the
>>mom has been unable to check to see if anything has changed on its own and
>>the little girl will not allow the mom or the doctor tp look the dr hoped
>>maybe it would reopoen at puburty on its own.the little girl is now nine
>>and we still have no idea what this condition is or what to do.we are
>>desperate for any information anyone may have on this.. please help .thank
>>you
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