How is a Bartholin's cyst caused?

Dr Sarah Jarvis MBE

Bartholin's glands are a pair of small glands that are just next to the lower part of the entrance to the vagina. Each gland is about the size of a pea. Sometimes a gland or cyst becomes infected, which may then develop into a collection of pus (an abscess).

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