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Swollen Labia question

My boyfriend of two years and I had some fun sexual play over the weekend. On Monday, I experienced a bruise sensation on the outside labia portion of my vagina. It began to swell in the evening hours and then it started to hurt from the swelling if I was putting any kind of pressure onto it (sitting, laying awkwardly, sometimes even the way I walked)...

It doesn't hurt if I pee, only if the labia itself is moved (like if I clench my muscles down there or squeeze my legs inward). I highly, highly doubt I have and STD as I've known all my lovers to be clean and the current relationship I have is positively clean. It seems completely external and not internal. The pain is moderate and annoying as hell. I've tried ibuprofen but it doesn't seem to help the swelling go down. Also, it's only on the left outer labia, swollen outside as well as inside the vaginal walls. But again... NOT in the vagina.

My suspicions are that it is bruised or perhaps I popped some kind of blood vessel. My questions are: Does anyone know specifically what this is? How can I ease the pain? How can I ease the swelling? What do I do to help myself?

I think I've had a bruised labia before, where it was slightly sensitive to touch in a specific spot... but it's never been this swollen and painful before.
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557270 tn?1223156667
Maybe you wasnt wet enough or something
ive expeirnced this before
and from my experience
it's because i wasnt relaxed and wet enough
it soon goes down after a few days
if it doesnt deffinetly see the doctors
and dont be embarrsed they have prolly seen alot worse
xxx
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623156 tn?1322865851
I'm not sure maybe try an ice pack. I myself have never experienced that but it sounds like you are just bruised. Try some ice and if that doesn't help call your dr or maybe even go to the dr forum and ask one of them. Take cane and good luck. Let me know what they say!!!
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