lacerations in labia

[sunshinelady949]

My boyfriend and I always had protected sex.

I was diagnosed with chlamydia, then had vaginal infections that were not STDs.  I had a tear or two in my labia from not being lubricated enough during sex.  I've had a lot of redness and irritation of my labia - often a week before my period.  My doctor noticed lacerations in my labia - I thought it was the way the cuts had healed.  They don't look like pictures of genital warts from what I've seen on the net, but he suspects they are and is sending me to a specialist.  Would lacerations be genital warts?  Anything else that can cause lacerations, plus redness and irritation?  I'm terrified he's right given the fact that it would be permanent and I'd have to tell future partners, but it also worries me that I would have contracted two STDs without ever having sex without a condom.  Please help.

[sunshinelady949]

Ok, I just want to clarify what I meant that probably led you to think I didn't know that lacerations and cuts were the same thing.

I received a couple of cuts during sex due to lubrication.  There are probably five lacerations right now, so there are more lacerations currently than the ones I know were caused by not enough lubrication, so I don't think it was the way those cuts healed.  Hope that makes sense.

[sunshinelady949]

I know cuts and lacerations are the same thing.

Is there any way of figuring out if the cuts are caused by a yeast infection?  If my pap smear doesn't come back positive for a yeast infection, is there any possibility that I can still have one affecting the skin (labia)?

Thanks.

[gracefromHHP]

Following up on this with a specialist is the best course of action.  You could have an external yeast infection causing the skin to be irritated, an allergy of some sort or this could even be something relatively normal that your provider isn't familar with.  I know it's hard waiting for answers but at this point it's the best you can do unfortunately.  Until you can be seen - try putting a barrier cream on the skin like zinc oxide, aquaphor ointment, a&d or something similar to help soothe the skin, heal it and protect it from friction and urine.  If this really is warts or something, it won't matter and it certainly won't get any better just by putting a topical on it but no harm, no foul - make sense?

btw cuts and lacerations are the same thing.

grace

[sunshinelady949]

So I noticed that there are definitely more lacerations than there were cuts, so it's unlikely the cuts that healed.

It looks like little cuts in the skin - there are maybe five places, one or two just look like holes in the skin with smaller holes.  But they don't look like cauliflowers or anything like the pictures.

Do genital warts ever look like cuts or holes in the labia?  Anything else that could make it look like there were cuts or holes?

[sunshinelady949]

I was tested for herpes and it was negative.

My doctor said it's hard to pass chlamydia when you're using condoms, but possible.

I really hope it's not HPV and just some infection that's making my labia raw and irritated.

Thanks.

[auntiejessi]

I'd wonder if you had a false positive on the chlamydia test since you've never used condoms, but that's sort of beside the point now.

In any case, lacerations could be from raw irritated skin because of the vaginitis, or it could be herpes.  I'd doubt seriously its warts from the way you described it.

If it is warts, its not permanent - 90% of people will clear it within 2 years.  However, if its herpes, its permanent.  

When you see the specialist, ask for a type specific IgG herpes blood test, and your bf should also get that test as well.  See our herpes forum for more info.

Aj