Vaginal lesions

[kfbdavis]

I am 36 years old and have had the same partner (faithfully)  for 11 years.  About 10 years about I started having these sores develop in my vaginal region.  They almost looked like little blisters.  I will just call them Vaginal lesions.  When they are about to show up the area will start to itch and burn slightly.  Then the vaginal lesion arrives there is considerable pain.  It will last for about a week then go away.  When they first appeared I would get one or two at a time then they would go away, but a couple of weeks later a would get another.  I was miserable.  Through the years
they have lessened.  Last year I only had one and now, about a year later, I have another. OB/gyn

[seniorgirl]

I am a senior citizen.  Over quite a number of years I have had these fissures/lesions appear from time to time.  They are painful to the touch and when I urinate.  The most recent outbreak has been especially persistent.  I had a pap smear recently and will get the results today, and will post same.  I know I have had HPV for many years, so that could be the cause, I suppose.  However, I was recently put on an antibiotic (Cypro) for a severe sinus infection.  The vaginal outbreak occurred about the time I was through taking the antibiotic.  I know antibiotics can kill good bacteria along with the bad, and I wonder if that has enabled the outbreak (along with the fact that due to the sinus infection my immune system may have been compromised).  At any rate, I have never found anything that has been very effective in relieving the pain and itching and have just had to wait for the lesions to go away.  I am going to try L-Lysine.  That has been very effective in preventing the development of cold sores when I feel them coming on.  I no longer have periods and have not been sexually active for many years, so those two factors can be ruled out as being related to the outbreaks.  I, too, find it incredible that so many women have this problem and doctors don't seem to have a clue.  This thread has been going on for years and the comments are pretty much the same as at the beginning.

[BrittanySue]

I am so glad i found this site. i talked to my ob/gyn about this and she seemed absolutley stumped and doesnt know what to tell me. im 18 and ive only had one sexual partner who is now my fiance. I've been faithful to him and he says he has been faithful to me too so i couldnt have contracted anything from him. about a month ago i got ayeast infection and after about 5 days it had appeared to have gone away but then 2 days later i started my period and i noticed these lesions on my labia minor and majora. I tested for STD's and my blood work came back negative. I used hydrocortisone, i tried taking garlic tablets, putting epsom salt in my bath, and cleaning with glycerine soap nothing really seemed to work so i've just had to kind of wait for them to go away. its been about 2 weeks now and theyre starting to cease but it still is excrutiating to go pee. Im light skinned and light eyed and my skn is very sensitive. do yall really think this could be a condition in only certain typed of women?the only thing that i have found that kind of helped is i layed a towel down under me and in the nude so it can like kinda air out, if that makes sense. my fiance has no clue how painful this is, its nice to know that im not the only girl in the world like this.

[cyn76]

It's incredible the amount of people with the same issues and no diagnosis. I have had most of the same problems for the past 11 years now. Lesions (paper cut like), itching burning, pain. I was tested negative for any std's, including herpes (although 1 doctor was convinced that's what it is) BUT I am HPV positive. The HPV warts seem different from what I have. I only get them on the crevices of the pubic area, not in or around the vagina. All types of cremes and antibiotics were unhelpful. My doctor has done all types of experiments: I had to stop shaving for 3 months, I changed the soap I bathed with, the detergent I wash with, the material of underwear, the type of underwear etc.. Nothing has stopped this from happening. I have seen a dermatologist with no hope. It's unbearable at times and does tend to appear more around the menstrual period. I have come to terms with my condition and basically accepted that no one will ever actually diagnose me.

[confused2468]

I have been endlessly seasrching the website for information regarding my symptoms.
I am a 22 yr old, medium tanned skin and have had five partners. I have had 5 abnormal pap smears showing CIN. I have been to a gyn whom found no visible abnomalities to biopsy. I have another appointment this week to be re-examined.
I started menstrating again last year after no period due to breast feeding. I have had abnormal periods since this and worse since starting the pill again. I have been on three different types (low dose and two 2 hormone pills) as i suffer reactions.

I am awaiting results for herpes swabs that my doctor took 3 days ago. They have been the worst 3 days of my life. I couldnt eat for the first two and then totally binged once i regained my appetite. I have been crying non-stop to the point I have severe headaches. I cant sleep and have severe abdomen pains that might be from the stress im under. I have spent the last three days trying to figure who I would have got them off, if I am positive. The doctor explained that the carrier maybe be asymptomatic. However the guys that I have been with have all had multiple partners and long term relationships, how could they have not already infected someone else without any symptoms. Rhetorical question i guess.

I first noticed a leison on the right side of my labia about 6months ago. I had been celebant for 6 months prior to this happening. It started the first month that I went back on to a contraceptive pill. Two days before my period I would urinate frequently then the next day there was a lesion. I went to the doctor but the lesion had already healed. She examined me but did not find anything.

I have been researching herpes and know that outbreaks can be sporadic and triggered by different factors. I skipped my period a few times and did not get the lesion. It seems strange that they only appear with menstration. And i did not have the problem before I started the pill. I know when it is coming because of the increase in urination. I have had the leison three times to date. It is not painful unless touched and does not hurt while urinating. It lasts about i week and does not leave a scar.

My doctor is pretty positive that I have herpes and I have told my now partner that he needs to get checked too. I am hoping like alot of people on this forum that I dont. It would devastate me more if i have given it to the guy I am now seeing.

[English20]

Hi yea i have the same problem. Im 19 in college, im hispanice/native american with semi light skin and have only had three partners. i ddnt pop my cherry till i was 18.  When i first got my period when i was twelve  it would skip around and not come on the same days. As i got older sometimes it wouldn't come at all. I also had abnormally thick leg, underarm and pubic hair. When i got to college, Premed, i realized that i had a hormonal imbalance. too much testosterone. This imbalance explained so much. the vaginal lips on the inside, labia minors, need to be regulated by the inside ovaries and the systematic release of hormones every month. If something goes wrong and theirs an imbalance your vagina will become too acidic and will make the vagina too dry, too weak and the skin will tear because of this imbalance. My inner vaginal skin tears sometimes more before a period. It helped to have birth control cuz it balanced the vaginal system and fissures but every time i take antibiotics,  which is alot cuz i get sick all the time, the fissures come back because the pills interfere with the birth control hormones. Recently ive been getting bumps. long ones bout three centimeters, have an indentation in the middle, feel kind of weird, they dont hurt very much and i only notice them if i was checking myself with a finger. I had them for the first time a month ago  just two or three ata  time. little ones. now i have a rip where my leg and vagina meet and it has like a swelling right beside it that feels like a bump but when i look really doesnt look like one.  I think these might have to do with the hormone thing maybe. Also i always hav vaginal discharge. Ever since puberty, ive never not had it. and its always been creamy runny and white.  my pap came in normal so if its a disease, hope not, rather than an infection, medical science has not found it yet. Oh and none of my partners have any problems at all. all been tested, all clean, no bumps, itching or anything.  Sometimes i itch but probly from dryness.  oh and vaginal discharge thats too acidic can also cause severe itching. I think it has to do with modern day diets  what with all the msg and processed food and whatnot. plus the drugs. i take so many cuz i have severe allergies and im always sick. if you have this condition with the lesions and take a lot of prescription drugs, that could be our key here.

[frozenfire98]

I don't know if anyone is still reading these...but I hope I can help someone else. I am a light skinned/blue eyed/blonde haired 25 year old. I got my first period right before 6th grade camp, so at around 11 years old. From then on, I started gettting "boils/blisters" on my labia, rear, and thighs. They're incredibly painful...I agree! I couldn't sit, I couldn't walk...school was h**l. They always got worse right before my period. (Again, a lot of you have said this. Hmm...) As I got older I started getting them on the inside of my vaginal lips, which are even MORE painful than the outer ones, in my opinion at least lol

I went to every single dermatolgist we could find in our town. NO one had an answer. I was put on every antibiotic and every cream possible. Nothing worked. Finally they decided it must be some form of a staph infection under the skin...which they treated me for. Didn't help.

I didn't lose my virginity until I was 23...so it's NOT an std. I've been tested numerous times for them starting at age 16 when I went on the pill to control my cycle. Like a few of you, I also have Ulcerative Colitis. I don't know if that may mean something then.....because I have seen that in a few posts.

I mean....just like you guys, I'm frustrated. Tired of being told what it is NOT, instead of what it is. Kudos to  us strong women.....this  certainly is a painful, aggravating problem. If only we could get a doctor to pay attention to us and study this!

stay strong, everyone!
Blessed be,
M