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Sore/blisters around vagina - HELP *picture*

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nosolucy
nosolucy

I have painful blister-like sores around my vagina on a couple on my vaginal lips and I'm wondering a. how I can ease the pain/get rid of them and b. what they are. 

Just to give a background on the last few weeks: I got a particularly back strain of tonsillitis a few weeks ago and was put on very strong antibiotics to clear it. After this I had a slight itch and touch of thrush which cleared up after taking a dose of pro-biotics. A week after the itch I shaved all my pubic hair, I stupidly didn't trim the hair before I did that. I had sex with my boyfriend after this, he's the only person I've been having sex with for 6 months and vice versa. I have experienced pain after having sex with him and some skin tears due to his and my size (he's quite large and I'm apparently smaller than average). I then got my period this week and started to feel irritation which was mild at first like usual grow-back irritation after shaving and then it progressed to quite irritant and painful - I'm assuming the pads I was using didn't help matters. To ease the irritation I was using an antiseptic cream which would typically be used for nappy rash. 

When my period was done I examined myself and felt small bumps, first they were under the skin and are now over the skin and blister-like and some have popped and seeped. My vaginal lips are quite dry and there are a couple of pimple-like bumps on them which are quite painful. I soaked in a warm bath last night with a couple of drops of tea-tree oil, some baking soda and some E45 dermatological emollient bath oil and this seemed to help. When I woke up this morning the pain had eased slightly but the sores which had popped were crusted over with a yellow pus. I cleared this and the pus has not returned, but they are still painful. The pain seems to mostly be coming from the hairs that are growing back in the area irritating the sores. I have been using E45 dermatological (and alternately Salvon antiseptic) cream to ease the itching and give me some relief.   

Basically, I'm looking for suggestions on how to ease this pain and clear the sores up. If anyone has had a similar issue and knows exactly what this is help would be greatly appreciated. From examining myself and researching STIs/STDs online it does not resemble anything I've seen but if anyone has a suggestion they are more than welcome!

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  • SexualHealthRN
    SexualHealthRN nosolucy

    Posted

    Hi.

    I'm sorry to say this doesn't look like something you can sort out yourself at home sad

    The user feelbroken seems to be giving you the correct advice. Speaking as a nurse this does look very much like genital herpes.

    You need to get yourself booked in at the sexual health clinic and they will start you on some medication. They will have a full discussion with you to ensure you fully understand everything about the infection and the current outbreak.

    Please don't stress, they will help you through it. I'm sorry that you are having to suffer this, it can be extremely sore and painful.

    Please also be aware, it is very likely that you did not catch this from your current boyfriend as when first infected it can take months or even years before you have your first outbreak of sores.

    Things will get better for you, just get yourself to the clinic. Chin up. And good luck darling.

    • gaby61384
      gaby61384 SexualHealthRN

      Posted

      They already put me on acyclovir 3x a day, and I'm on day 3. I'm just worried about the blood touching the blisters since they already opened, s started putting aloe vera on them. Thank you so much,

    • SexualHealthRN
      SexualHealthRN gaby61384

      Posted

      Hi gaby. Sorry I think messages got crossed.

      However, in your case your menstrual flow shouldn't cause too much of an issue for your ulcers, however if it is making them more sore the best thing would be to use tampons if you are able to insert them without it being so sore, tampons with applicators might help.

      Hope it is feeling better for you soon!

    • gaby61384
      gaby61384 SexualHealthRN

      Posted

      Thank you smile this is my first outbreak so I'm pretty scared.... it hurts to pee so much, does the burning pain peeing last the whole outbreak?

    • SexualHealthRN
      SexualHealthRN gaby61384

      Posted

      As they start to heal up the sting will be much less.

      The good news is, any outbreaks in the future will not be anywhere near as bad as this one. And it is possible to go years without any outbreaks, usually come on with stress etc.

      If you are struggling to pass urine at the moment, you will probably think this sounds gross.... But the best thing to do is to fill the bath tub with warm water... Sit in the water and pee! It will be so much more comfortable for you.. We have to do this on the wards when women come in with their first outbreak and can't pee. Give the bath a good rinse afterwards ??

      I know it sounds horrible to do, but it will make it much easier for you and it's really important that you are peeing properly so that you don't get a urine infection too. It won't be for too long.

      Take Paracetemol and ibuprofen at regular intervals too (so long as you know you are ok to take it) it will help take the edge off of the pain.

      You'l get through it honey!

  • tee81574
    tee81574 nosolucy

    Posted

    How do you attach an image on here if you have questions?
  • nathasa62557
    nathasa62557 nosolucy

    Posted

    I have these bumpy sores on my vagina and they get really really itchy and like a rash around my vagina
  • ray77660
    ray77660 nosolucy

    Posted

    I have bump on my vagina it looks like a pimple. No where near that. I'm sorry you have that. I'm a minor and had unprotected sex with my bf. I'm hopeing it's just caused I shaved wrong.

  • keey71087
    keey71087 nosolucy

    Posted

    i think im.having the same problem.too.. a month ago i started itching after getting rid of a fish smell after sex and taking monistat 7 for one day.. the smell went away but i started itching pretty badly... i had a lot of discharge and a late period.. so after my period it was still itching.. i had a new sex partner and he said he's discharging green and have a painful pimple on his penis.. i was scratching my vagina and looked down theres 3 tiny white filled ulcers right by my vag hole.. i lookex up herpes and warts look nothing alike what is it? we both have sore throat but ive been prescribed sterioids amoxicillin and prednisone.. my lips do feel inflamed from time .. idk herpes would be painful from what I've read.. i have a weird feeling in my vagina like a sexual arousal feeling 😭😭.. but where the ulcers are it does itch .. its currently itching rn.. idk whats wrong with me my mom.is going to look at it in the morning.. if its not herpes ill never have unprotected sex again..

    • lonnie06842
      lonnie06842 keey71087

      Posted

      What was it? I have 3 ulcers on the outside of my inner labia but nothing else.
  • Wonderingteapot
    Wonderingteapot nosolucy

    Posted

    I thought I was alone in this! I was using medication to treat GW and all of sudden a sore appeared on my left clitoral hood! I stopped using the cream but I am waiting for the results to see if I have herpes. It hurt soooo bad when they had to get the live cultures and scrap it.... hopefully the pain will go away.
  • Lilmama85
    Lilmama85 nosolucy

    Posted

    Hello everyone i have a story for u. 6 days ago i was using the bathroom and i wipe my vigina and it was painful on the left side of my clitoris. So i rubed vasoline on it cuz i thought that it was irriated bcuz i am a bigger woman u feel me. So yesturday i went to my doctor and ask her to take a look at it. So when she looked at it she seen blisters. So she said that it could be a few this. I said like what. She said a cysts first then a in grown hair but the most scarist one was herpes. She said they all can form blisters and hurt bcuz the area its in. So i said test me for herpes so she did painful. So i want to know which one of those things do u think it is. Cuz she said its 4 little blisters.
  • lacy33263
    lacy33263 nosolucy

    Posted

    I just started experiencing similar symptoms, just as the original post said I sometimes get tears after sex since my boyfriend is so large and I am quite small.   I thought that's what it was at first, but when it got more painful and didn't go away after a couple days like it usually does I thought maybe I have a yeast infection and the tears got infected as I am also prone to yeast infections. Is this herpes?? Please help, I just moved to a new very rural area and the closest Doctor is a 5 hour drive away.

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