Cyst?

[blackginger.livejournal.com]

I'm so scared right now. So lately when at the gym if I sit down on a piece of equipment I feel a bit of pain in the bottom left side of my inner labia. So I laid down tonight with a mirror to examine. The skin there looks fine. Nothing is wrong with the skin. How ever when i touch and feel that area I feel something hard beneth the skin. Deep in there. Something thats not supposed to be there. About the size of a ping pong ball I guess. the right side of my labia feels fine. But when I press my left it feels strange. Like something is in there. Keep in mind just from viewing it, everything looks normal...

I cant sleep right now. I am crying too. I dont know what it is. Could it be a cyst? I just want someone to respond and tell me what they think. I am so scared. I am going to call the gyno tomorrow and get an appointment.

I am just so scared..

SOmeone please respond :(

Edit: Its not a skin issue, its how it feels under the skin I think. It feels like something solid is there. I dont feel fluid.

Comments

[cbackson.livejournal.com]

It definitely sounds like a cyst to me--maybe a Bartholin gland cyst?

Warm compresses might help give you some relief--hope you get into the doc soon!

[archangelbeth]

While it could be something scary, it might also just be a cyst. Or an ingrown hair, maybe, that has decided to make a nasty little pocket of fluid and dried blood. (Gross-but-true story -- one of my nosehairs decided to ingrow, and worked its way through my flesh from the inside of my nose till it came out the upper side of my nostril. The spouse called it "do it yourself nose piercing.") Take a breath, don't panic, and get the appointment to figure out what it is.

[blackginger.livejournal.com]

I have had ingrown hairs before. The thing is the skin itself is perfectly fine. Visually no one would find anything wrong with it. Its how it feels with you touch it. I dont feel fluid. I feel something hard.

[miss-klutz.livejournal.com]

First of all, calm down. If you're going to the doctor soon worrying about it right now is not going to help.

Second of all, it really does sound like a cyst to me. It is probably harmless and can easily be dealt with (maybe even left alone!) Don't be scared! You'll be in professional hands soon.

Until then, use warm compresses and try taking a bath.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__recidivist/]

I get a weird lump in my right labia sometimes. It's a bit larger than a quarter and hurts. It comes and goes and I've never really figured out why it's there when it's there. My guess is a blocked lymph node. I get them in my armpits all the time and it feels similar, though I have to admit that I'm not sure if there are lymph nodes in the labia proper.

Anyway, as the other poster suggests, try a warm compress, but more importantly, have a cup of tea and take a deep breath. Odds are you're totally fine. Just get it checked out as soon as you can, but worrying will only make you feel worse. Good luck!

[kathy83.livejournal.com]

i get them too sometimes. they have always gone away so ive never been to the doctor about it. i dont think its anything to freak out about.

[pygmybugs.livejournal.com]

Cysts can form pretty deep, to where they feel like they're under the skin layers. Or it could also be an irritated lymph node. There's a bunch of them kind of in the bend where your outer labia and inner thigh meet.

[blackginger.livejournal.com]

You think maybe I did something stupid at the gym? Like sat on the bike weird?

[preciouslilme.livejournal.com]

When I get sick/am fighting off something the lymph nodes in that place swell and hurt like crazy when I press on them. It goes away once I'm fine again though.

[pie-nya.livejournal.com]

Yah I agree with the cyst suggestion. I got there about a month or two ago and completly freaked. I got one in my armpit too. The labia one went away and the armpit shrunk to the size of a pin head.

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

It's quite probably going to be some sort of cyst. At any rate (and I know how easy this is to say, and how hard to do!) try not to worry too much -- the chances that it is anything very serious are very, very low. The first thing that came to mind for me as well was a Bartholin's cyst, (http://www.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=Vulvar_Bumps/Cysts#Bartholin.27s_Cysts) but a doctor will be able to tell you for sure.

[jocelina.livejournal.com]

That definitely sounds like a cyst to me. They can feel pretty alarming, I know, but they're usually fairly easy to treat and not harmful. Your doctor may have some treatment suggestions for you, but in the meantime I heartily second others' suggestions of a warm compress -- they are very soothing. :)

[sidewinder.livejournal.com]

It does sound like a cyst to me. I had one (a Batholin's Gland cyst) last year from too much time on the exercise bike without loose-enough shorts.

The good news is, they're pretty common and not that serious unless they abscess (which mine did, because I was doing all the wrong things - putting ice on it instead of heat, continuing to aggravate it with too much friction and exercise.) Quite often they will resolve on their own and heat/epsom salt baths can help. It is probably worth seeing a doctor about, though, who can determine if there's reason to drain it or put you on antibiotics to help break it up, or if it could be something else. I needed mine drained, but again, only because it had abscessed, and draining is not always a good solution because a cyst can come back unless the whole cyst sac is removed.

Good luck, and try not to stress too much!