Ok this is totally embarassing, but you guys seem to good at giving answers, so here goes. About a month ago I started getting itch that one normally associates with a yeast infection, so I bought the otc remedy. It helped for a little while, but then started up again. When it came back, it came back with avenge and it seemed like it was further down, like between the perineum and anus. By this morning I was fed up and decided to look down there and see what was going on (I really never have before) and I see that there is a bump between the perineum and anus that is red, swollen, itchy and irritated. I just had my pap about three months ago and it was competely normal, so I'm freaking out and not sure what is going on. The more research I do, the more scared I am getting. One of my friends said it could be hemmerhoids, but I don't know.....any help would be greatly appreciated!