which specialist is the right one

[jewls04]

Hello and thanks in advance! I had a bladder biopsy back in June due to a red patch seeing during a cysto. The biopsy revealed that everything is normal. Now after the biopsy I've been having terrible pain/ache in the vagina. I've tried to pinpoint exactly where I feel the pain and it's above the vagina opening, around the urethra. The Urologist I've seen has no answers for me. So now I want to go see a different doctor. I have two questions: 1. What can be causing this pain, can it be nerve damage from the biopsy? 2. At this point should I see a gynecologist or urogynecologyst? Thanks a lot!

[jewls04]

Thank you so much for your response! I was reffered to a Urologist because for a long time since my teen years, now I'm 28, I would feel burning down there when urinating and sometimes not necessarily when voiding. That would happen once or twice a month. After the biopsy I've felt pain down there more intense than the burning. Before the biospy I would feel burning but never this pain/ache. This pain is something new to me. I started feeling this pain days after the biopsy. The burning from before was tolerable not this pain. :\ That's why I'm wondering what can be causing this new symptom? I will see a Urogyn. Thanks again..

[J. Kyle Mathews, MD, DVM]

It is unlikely the biopsy has caused your pain but that leaves the question as to why were you having the cystoscopy in the first place.  It is difficult to say what is causing you pain but I would suggest you get a second opinion from a urogynecologist.  They can evaluate you and hopefully give you some answers.