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What is this???
About a year and a half ago. I got a cyst/boil/blister (pus/liquid filled, not sure which though)on my labia majora. It wasn't painful but looked inflamed. It later went away with out being popped or scabbing. A year later, it came back but it was bigger and there was one on the right and left labia majora "lips" again they looked inflamed. They didn't popped but were irritated, so I applied pressure and they went away fast again, like within a couple of days. What could cause this?????? I have been tested before (blood and vaginal smear) and have alot of blood work done (i'm doing a health program?). Also during the time of the first one, i was on YAZ birth control.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Warts are bumps on the skin, just like a wart on the hands or fingers, which you might have had during your childhood. Herpes are superficial blsiter-like lesions and sores. Neither one has substantial amounts of pus or other fluid inside. There also are patterns of the location of recurrent herpes which do not fit your story. For more detail than this, you cango online and read the descriptions of warts, herpes, and other lesions. Some good sites are those of CDC (www.cdc.gov/std) and the American Social Health Association (www.ashastd.org). You can also get information on MedHelps STD, HPV, and herpes community forums.
Thanks. But what's the difference between a std (like herpes or warts or etc.) and what I described?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the STD forum.
You have no worries about STD as a cause of this problem. No STD causes recurrent draining lesions of the sort you describe. My best guess is that you have an ingrown hair or a chronic sebaceous cysts that gets infected from time to time. If it happens again, keep your hands off and see a health care provider. But don't worry about STD as the cause.
Having said that, you say nothing about your STD risks. If you are sexually active outside a mutually monogamous relationship, then you should have routine STD testing (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV) from time to time, like once a year. But this advice has nothing to do with the symptoms you describe.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
You have no worries about STD as a cause of this problem. No STD causes recurrent draining lesions of the sort you describe. My best guess is that you have an ingrown hair or a chronic sebaceous cysts that gets infected from time to time. If it happens again, keep your hands off and see a health care provider. But don't worry about STD as the cause.
Having said that, you say nothing about your STD risks. If you are sexually active outside a mutually monogamous relationship, then you should have routine STD testing (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV) from time to time, like once a year. But this advice has nothing to do with the symptoms you describe.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
