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This is the first time I've posted on one of these sites and it is due to the problem taking over my MIND!
It all started in November 2004 with an ex boyfriend. After sex i kept getting small cuts/fissures which bled very slightly, only after sex. I thought it was thrush because i was itchy as well. I also attributed to the fact that he was very well endowed. In certain positions I had some pain with thrusting but mostly i had a slightly painful feeling on penetration. The relationship didn't last very long. I never had any of these problems with the boyfriend before him.
I haven't had a boyfriend since and about midway through last year bought a vibrator. On and off the same thing is occuring. Small fissures that bleed. I have some slight (usually very slight) itching before my period and during and have been tested for all stds. I had a swab done for herpes from one of the cuts at the family planning clinic which came back negative and on returning to see the doctor there for a further discussion was told that my problem was very common and that why am i using a vibrator and why don't i use my fingers! Not a response i thought was appropriate.
I now am seeing another doctor who i've been to several times and she has told me to come back when the itching is there so we can test for herpes again and she said it was hard to catch, but that herpes doesn't usually bleed.
The cuts always seem to be on the left side and don't always happen. I can't help feeling that if i were to have sex though they would flare up with the friction. Help!!! I'm going crazy with worry!
This is the first time I've posted on one of these sites and it is due to the problem taking over my MIND!
It all started in November 2004 with an ex boyfriend. After sex i kept getting small cuts/fissures which bled very slightly, only after sex. I thought it was thrush because i was itchy as well. I also attributed to the fact that he was very well endowed. In certain positions I had some pain with thrusting but mostly i had a slightly painful feeling on penetration. The relationship didn't last very long. I never had any of these problems with the boyfriend before him.
I haven't had a boyfriend since and about midway through last year bought a vibrator. On and off the same thing is occuring. Small fissures that bleed. I have some slight (usually very slight) itching before my period and during and have been tested for all stds. I had a swab done for herpes from one of the cuts at the family planning clinic which came back negative and on returning to see the doctor there for a further discussion was told that my problem was very common and that why am i using a vibrator and why don't i use my fingers! Not a response i thought was appropriate.
I now am seeing another doctor who i've been to several times and she has told me to come back when the itching is there so we can test for herpes again and she said it was hard to catch, but that herpes doesn't usually bleed.
The cuts always seem to be on the left side and don't always happen. I can't help feeling that if i were to have sex though they would flare up with the friction. Help!!! I'm going crazy with worry!
To those above. I have had this same problem for years, I have been tested for everything under the sun, STD's, herpes, aids, the list is endless. I started using cottenelle or similar wet wipes, every time I go to the bathroom. And my cuts have left completely. I traveled recently and didn't use the wipes and the cuts came back. So, I will NEVER use toilet paper again. Check out the web for toilet paper allergy. You won't be disappointed.
i read a ton of these posts because i am suffering from the same thing...every once in a while i get a few tiny cuts around my vagina that itch and burn and are very painful when i have to wipe after urinating...and dont get me started on how much they burn if urine touches them! anyway, one reader suggested that bactine worked for her so i bought some today and have applied some every time i went to urinate..AMAZING! i have already felt a huge difference..no more burning or itching and the spray doesnt burn at all. it actually feels really good and helps to keep the area bacteria free. i hope you try it and good luck!!
I had itching for a few days, to the point of eye rolling when I rubbed it even a little, then it got sore, then it stung like nothing you ever felt ( I had a 100% drug free birth and this hurts more) I finally gave in and had a look with a mirror, I have a few perineum cuts (tiny) and a 2" long 2 ish mm wide cut on the left side between my inner and outer lip area, it hurts like hell. I have been using a few drops of lavender essential oil in a little milk, and put it in the bath (milk helps it disperse in water better) and also carrying some in a sports water bottle And using that to wash with when ever I can, wearing sani pads when I'm dressed (very regular changing) and no clothes when ever possible, seems to be improving, will be going doctors if it's no better by midweek. Walking and sitting are uncomfortable. It makes it bleed, seems to be getting better, keep you all posted!
I didn't have a skin swab other than a swab for herpes, I got the result, negative!!! I'm happy about that!! But the cut is back... Or really it never went away! It looked like it was going away and then my discharge got bad again and it like opened up again!!!!! Ugh!!!!
I went to an urgency care but they said that it just looked like an abrasion!!! And it took a good 10 mins before she saw it! It's really really small but it's definitely there!! I have been tested for ALL STDs!! All came back negative!
My question is, can BV or/and thrush cause an abrasion?!?!
I went to an urgency care but they said that it just looked like an abrasion!!! And it took a good 10 mins before she saw it! It's really really small but it's definitely there!! I have been tested for ALL STDs!! All came back negative!
My question is, can BV or/and thrush cause an abrasion?!?!
Hi I work in a sex clinic in the UK.
I am as interested as everyone else to find out why some people get small cuts in their skin. I wondered if anyone had had a skin swab taken for skin bacteria and if so what the results were. I am trying to find a link. Please post if you have. Ask for a microscopy, culture and sensitivity swab
of the cut.
Other than an overgrowth of skin bacteria some of your posts could be things like (look up more symptoms of):-
Cytolitic vaginosis - Abundant discharge, Itching, Burning, Pain weeing, pain during sex, redness-Usually worsens in 2nd half of menstral cycle
Lactobacillosis - (similar to above)
Lichen Sclerosis - (pale itchy skin)
Herpes - (painful blisters)
Thrush - (find out which type and what its sensitive to)
Bacterial Vaginosis - (fishy smell, tummy pain, painful sex)
DIV (desquamative inflammatory vaginitis)
Atrophic vaginitis (in menopause)
lichen planus,
pemphigus vulgaris,
Trichomonas vaginalis
Good luck everyone in finding out what is wrong. Please post skin swab results if you get any please.
I am as interested as everyone else to find out why some people get small cuts in their skin. I wondered if anyone had had a skin swab taken for skin bacteria and if so what the results were. I am trying to find a link. Please post if you have. Ask for a microscopy, culture and sensitivity swab
of the cut.
Other than an overgrowth of skin bacteria some of your posts could be things like (look up more symptoms of):-
Cytolitic vaginosis - Abundant discharge, Itching, Burning, Pain weeing, pain during sex, redness-Usually worsens in 2nd half of menstral cycle
Lactobacillosis - (similar to above)
Lichen Sclerosis - (pale itchy skin)
Herpes - (painful blisters)
Thrush - (find out which type and what its sensitive to)
Bacterial Vaginosis - (fishy smell, tummy pain, painful sex)
DIV (desquamative inflammatory vaginitis)
Atrophic vaginitis (in menopause)
lichen planus,
pemphigus vulgaris,
Trichomonas vaginalis
Good luck everyone in finding out what is wrong. Please post skin swab results if you get any please.
I have one cut, I also have BV so far it's been two weeks and it's not gone!! But it doesn't hurt at all... Mine is where it's moist so I'm guessing that the moister is making it take forever to heal!
Now first off did you have the cut tested for herpes? I know it's a scarry thought but it's best to know for sure! I had mine swabbed it came back negative!! Yey!
All I can advise is to keep the area dry and not wear tight clothing until it heals completely, oh and no sex until it is completely gone!
Now first off did you have the cut tested for herpes? I know it's a scarry thought but it's best to know for sure! I had mine swabbed it came back negative!! Yey!
All I can advise is to keep the area dry and not wear tight clothing until it heals completely, oh and no sex until it is completely gone!
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