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boil on vagina?

I am 35 yrs old and have only had sex with my husband for the past 9 years. A couple of days I had severe itching on the left lip of my vagina. Now there is something like a pimple but larger. The left lip is hard and has swelled to twice the size of the right. I have tried hot washcloth and also ice. I have gotten some pus to drain out but is still hard and VERY painful. I can haredly walk. I don't have insurance and just had a minor surgery (May 7) to remove a kidney stone. I had a stent in but it has been removed. The area is also very red.The hardness is not round but goes the length of my lip. Could this be a boil, herpes or what?
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Tea tree oil also helps with pain and healing.
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I'm 40 I have a large boil that burst I try everything went to see my doctor I take antibiotics refuse to get heal inside of left of my vaginal fold any suggestion thank
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BOILS, that is what they are, yes it can also be ingrown hair. Apply hot compresses as hot as you can take it, soak in hot water/1 cup baking soda or soak hot water/ 1/4 cup of bleach this will help with pain. Once you see head, sterilize safety pin and pop it to get it to drain by squeezing as much as you can keep clean with peroxide apply antibiotic ointment and cover with gauze this should keep it draining by itself, continue with this and within 2 weeks it should be gone, if you do get a fever or does no start draining after having it for a week please see MD. Yes very painful but you will live. Good luck please no petroleum jelly,Antibiotic ointment (sold over counter). Wear loose cloth try to air out as much as possible
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Put a piece  of fat back on it. Make sure you salt the fat back down first .
then put it on the boil overnight. The fat back draws out the the soreness  then you can pop that boil.
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holy wow all the people experiencing the same as I.. It is so embarrassing to me to not be able to go to work because i can hardly walk. These things are awful and there has got to be something they can do for this... Technology is just to vast for this to be so untreatable.. just getting rid of one isnt good enough for me.. i want this crap gone for good i have been gowing through this for over 15 years same answers different doctor.. stupid meds bathing excessively.. i just saw the tumeric suggestion havent tried it yet.. what i would like to know is what soap should i be using to help prevent this... i know people say anti bacterial but who does antibacterial the correct way..? i was using dial for months at first because it says that but it didnt seem to stop it from happening.. some one help us get rid of this crap for good..
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I am a cancer patient so I had did one chemo treatment I got a boil on my vagina lip I used a warm compress twice it wad killing me it was so freaking huge I even feel my other lip n it was discharging some stuff out it the hot compress hurtled a little kuz it was sensitive n hurts but felt good when the heat hit not to hot to where it will burn your skin but it numbed it up so cud sleep. So when I was going to my second chemo session I let my chemo doctor look at it she said it was an ingrown hair and it will bust on its own but I hadn't shaved down there kuz my chemo has me weak n bones hurt n a lot of other things any who. So I got re admitted into the hospital for second chemo and I got into my room I told them about so they can keep an eye on it they but me on antibiotics and it went down and stop hurting me and it went down a lot but the bump is small I can be sexually when I'm not feeling bad or hurting and the same antibiotics they used when I was at the hospital they sent me home with but with us stuggling to get my other meds I had to wait to get them and finally got them yesterday so hopefully they get rid of it completely their called SULFAMETHTRIMETHOPRIM the brand name is called BACTRIM! Ask your doctor about them. It's an antibiotic combination used to treat or prevent infections caused by certain bacteria
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Iam so sorry about your cancer I'll pray for u. Is the meds u mentioned otc over the counter I've got a hard boil/pimple like thing in my vagina that's hard and it's very uncomfortable any suggestions?
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I wanted to share this. I had boil too on left lip of my vagina for almost a month.. Then i started to research.. reading lot of comments in diff. websites. Thought its somethin so serious like maybe i have std or somethin.. but after all the research and saw lot of diff pics of boils i convinced, i had boil because of shaving.. lol! But then i panic.. cause its been a month so i operate my own vagina.. I make sure i have everything like needle, alcohol, cotton and of course my hands is clean and the needle is clean too. Then it drain.. first came out is the little yellow part and i notice there's a small hair on it(and it really makes me feel good when i saw that little hair lol cause it means its just a boil) after that its all blood..  Then after 4 or 5 days my vagina looks healthy again.. its like nothings happen hahaha.. Im so proud of my self lol!
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I'd like to do what u did but Ian so afraid of the pain.  Was yours like a really hard pimple like thing in your vagina?  When u took the pus out did it really hurt? Cause that's what's scaring me is the pain I may have.
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hi...had tis same kind of boil...and went to doc..immediately.believe me friends..TBACT ointment works ..i gave hot compresses nd then tbact oint ment nd also some anti biotics..and it went...please use Tbact ointment u wont be having inflammation at al..nd u wil be relieved..thanks
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I get the same thing way too often. I usually put hot compresses on it and the drain it. I went to the er once and they told me I need anti bs. It can be caused because of an infection in your blood or skin
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Im not sure if I have the same thing or not but it sounds similar. I think mine may have already popped because it has a scab like thing over it, but there are still smaller bumps around the big one? And during this whole time of it being there I have stayed between a fever of 99 and 103, i also have bumps in my throat on the left and right side underneith ny jaw bone and also on the back of my neck it hurts to swollow, yawn, and eat and drink alot of things, i just recently today started have left ear pain, like its clogged. Any answers? ive been to see a doctor twice, im desperate!
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Omg I have the same thing right now and it's huge painful can't hardly walk having to set on a pillow I've tried the hot bath hot wash cloth but not the ice someone please tell me something else that will help please (lol) I'm in miserable pain down there.
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I tried the same mixture and the boil is now draining. It isn't all the way gone but it feels alot better. I am now doing the flour and vinegar paste and i hope to see results in the morning. I used to wear panty liners everyday to and the boil did start around the time i started wearing them everyday. Thank you for enlightening me. No more panty liners for me EVER.
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Hi Gogo, ever thought of going to your good old doctor, let him/her have a look at it, or if you shaved before this come up could be an ingrowing hair, the little buggers can do that, but just please get to your doctor.
Good Luck
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i have the same problem right now..i.have a boil on my left lip of vagina its the first time to have sth like that..at first it was itching and i was during my period so i just thought it might be from using pads but after 2 days i felt that i have sth down with a size of a grape and hurt sooo badly that i couldnt walk..sit or even sleep although i have to go to college for attending my exams so walking makes it even worse.. i cant touch it..i tried using antibiotic but it just hurt even more and its very hard i dunno what to..and u girls are talking about having these things for years? it really freaked me out
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Omg I'm in the same exact situation! Oh jeez, these boils get painful >.< I would get them and not notice it for probably around 2 or 3 days, then they begin to hurt. They come up about once every 2 months, even if I didn't shave recently. I currently have one that I've been trying to pop for hours because it's irritating, and what makes it worse is that I'm on my period -.- Ughh why is being a female so painful?? :'(
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I have these little hard bumps down there i cant feel them without touching them they dont hurt at all they dont open up or crust over there jyst there they been there a while i just dont know but i do get a tingle every once in a while some one help me
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Hi
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I have these bumps that are on my vagina only where the hair grows some are big little they itch and bust on their own and blood comes out I always have spots of blood from where they bus and they don't scab its jus a open hole what is it?
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Omg thank u guys so much for this site Ithought it was an std but knew better cause there's noway well on our end we know what we do but we really don't know boutb our partners thank u so much
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My roomate's experiencing the exact symptoms with the first complainer. Hope dese suggestion works cos recently, she noticed signs of fever too.
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that's not the matter of sexual intercourse either. i used to get  such boils before marriage as well as now when i am married for 5 years and a mother of 1 boy.  during pregnancy my gynecologist said that its bcoz of heat in the body. but the problem still persists even after 3 yrs. i only try to keep myself clean and when the blisters come (specially 9-10 days after menses) and stat itching very badly, i take a clean needle and try to pierce the blister so that the puss comes out. only then i get some relief. may be we can try increasing the water intake or the last option is to meet the gynech. see you. dont worry.
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I find out that I got mine from bottled water. Whatever they put in it gave me some sort of allergic reaction. I tried distilled water but that didnt work much either. After I stopped drinking those two mine have started to go away.
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I got a topical ointment from my pharmacists. it smells like a burnt tire, but the swelling was cut in half shortly after appling it to my boil. it's not completely gone yet, but is shrinking with every apllication. only cost $12. you will need pads due to drainage and the cream is blackish brown. It is called Ichthammol Ointment. No perscription was needed, even thouhg the pharmacist keeps it in the back.

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I'm experiencing the same thing, I thought I'd let it heal natrually except its just getting bigger and bigger so I but into something and popped it because I couldn't take the pain anymore, it looks so gross it still hurts how long will it take to heal?? :(
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