VERY red, swollen labia minora immediately after intercourse

[edelweiss]

I am so baffled by my condition, which started a couple months ago. Was diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis first. Then a yeast infection which was treated with Diflucan. My nurse practictioner told me to not have intercourse for about 10 days to allow the yeast to clear up. So, I waited the 10 days. Then, after intercourse, I would feel so uncomfortable - itchy, burny, just not right, but the most alarming thing was that my labia minora (especically one side) would turn bright red and swell up like a balloon. Very hard, and swollen and would take several hours for the swelling to subside. This only happens during sex - other than that, I have no symptoms, and no swelling. I went back to a different doctor thinking maybe the yeast infection hadn't cleared up - got another dose of Diflucan, lab results showed NO YEAST, and waited another 2 weeks before trying sex again.

Same thing. Swelled up literally like a balloon - bright red, hard labia, uncomforable feeling at the base of vaginal opening. I have no visible sores, only feel this after/during sex and chlamydia/gonorrhea test are negative. I have not changed partners, have not changed soaps, lubricants, sheets anything different.

Any ideas? I am going for a second opinion with an MD in a couple weeks - but in the meantime, I am freaking out.

[edelweiss]

Thanks for all the input - went to the doc today - should know something soon, hopefully.  In the meantime, you bet...I'm taking a break from intercourse.

[kathyx82]

hi, my name is CV. I experience the same symptoms you described (hard, swollen labia during and after intercourse, yeast infection diagnosis, I've taken the prescribed medication and the symptoms would still come back). I've got the Pap test  done and the results were   normal. I've also taken the chlamydia, gonorrhea tests - negative. I've seen  2 gynecologists so far and none of them was able to solve this problem (they prescribed the yeast infection medication but... no results). SO, please let me know what diagnosis you've got and how you solved the problem. thank you

[meliC]

hi, about three years back, I experienced this aswell, immediately after intercourse one side of my labia minora and sometimes both became very red hard and swollen like a balloon, then after a few hours it would go away. Soon after I was diagnosed with bacteria vaginosis, but i had forgotten to mention the swelling and discumfort after intercourse to the doctor, however I treated the BV, and everything was fine there after. this is now three years later and randomly after intercourse the same thing happened again, except this time the swelling and redness and pain hasnt gone away and it has been almost 24hrs, I am going to see the doctor sometime hopefully within the week but just to give me a piece of mind for now, could you tell me what your diagnosis was and how you got rid of it, if that's the case?, i am terrified!

[Y_B]

I am relieved that I am not the only one that has had trouble with this situation. I have the same exact symptoms, but by the time I go to the doctor, the swelling disappears.

I hope all goes well, and we can find the source of this problem, untilthen...no sex.

[brittleigh02]

I have the same problem.

After sex my labia swells up. It is swollen all the way around except the front toward my clitoris area, the rest of the labia is swollen, hard, extrememly uncomfortable I have a hard time walking. It is very frightening to me.
Do any of the rest of you have pain or any bleeding during intercourse?
I do and I wonder if it's related to this.
This problem has been ongoing for me for about a year however I just let it go away on its on...
at the gyno I mentioned the pain during intercourse but forgot to tell about the swelling i guess because it wasnt affecting me at the time.
I agree its hard to make it to the doc while the swelling is there...
If anyone finds out what our problem is....please let me know!

Good luck to all

[crankypants]

wow.
good to know i'm not alone on this one.
i've had the exact same problems. it was so bad, i couldn't walk for four days. it didn't help that i kept having to leave the house and try to walk around and not tell anyone why i was wobbling.
but yah, the first time it happened was with a condom, which i don't usually use, so the doctor thought it was just a latex allergy.
the next time was without so then i started getting freaked out.
i did the whole yeast infection treatment, and it didn't help.
i even tried seeing a naturopath about it, and they said that there are tests that aren't normally done, that are much more in depth, but you have to pay out of pocket for them (i'm from canada. health care is usually free) and she told me a story about a girl who had similar symptoms, tested negative for everything, got the test, and it turned out she had some small, unusual bacterial infection that doesn't come up on standard tests. they treated her with borax and she was fine.
i opted to just get the borax treatment, because they told me that's what the treatment would be regardless of the diagnosis. so i did that (2 weeks borax suppositories, 1 week vitamin E capsules, 2 weeks acidophilus) and unfortunately, it didn't help.
2 doctors and a naturopath all gave up on me. they started saying that maybe it was psychosomatic.
i think that's ********.
after 7 years of having sex i decide to mentally make my labia swell up until i can't walk?
anyhow, my current boyfriend has a smaller penis and we use coconut oil as lube (no creepy chemicals, and it helps kill yeast!)
and i only get mild swelling and discomfort, most of the time.

so... like everyone else,
i hope someone figures this out for us :P