Photo to Accompany Prior Question RE: Vaginal Bumps Bleeding and Infection

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

Followup to this post: http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/14024944.html

I took a photo to see if I could get a look at what was really going on with the bumps I felt with my finger. It looks like there are in fact several of them and they look frightening to me. I have no idea what this could be. Could yeast infection cause something that looks like this? Could it be an STD? Why didn't the doctor think this was out of the ordinary??? I really am feeling scared now, if anyone can identify what this is I'd really appreciate it. I might just go back to urgent care tomorrow, this just doesn't look ok.



Don't mind the stupid bits of toilet paper I didn't know were stuck to me lol. So I pulled it open a bit and you can see just inside a group of...something??? I can see why I bled now, one of these must have popped...ugh...eww. :(





One more note...the burning started immediately during sex with someone using a condom and so I initially thought I was having an allergic reaction to the condom. Could it possibly still be that over a week later? I just don't know...

Comments

[gunshotbeauty.livejournal.com]

the photo won't show because it's set to friends only so you need to change the setting or upload it somewhere else.

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize, thank you for letting me know, fixed!

[yahm.livejournal.com]

I don't have any concrete advice except wait until having vaginal sex stuffs until this is healed and go to the doctor to see what this is all about. (You might want to go to a different doctor if you feel like the one you went to wasn't thorough enough.)

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

Thank you, yeah I guess I should hold off on the sex. :/ I don't know if the doc noticed it or not, I did see in researching that YI can sometimes cause blistering but it seems to be rare. I'm surprised he didn't test for Herpes though, he just said he was going to run tests for yeast, Chlamydia, and Gonorrhea. I don't think it looks at all like photos of the latter, not exactly like Herpes either but more that than anything else. I'm still not sure whether to go back today or not.

[yahm.livejournal.com]

It might be worth to go see the doctor just so that you at least know what it might be, but I can also understand wanting to hold off to see if it'll just heal on its own.

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

I decided to hold off, it's better than when I posted but still not entirely. I'm thinking now that it was the YI though.

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

Honestly, it doesn't look like herpes to me either, if it makes you feel any better. Obviously I'm not a doctor, but there ya go.

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it does make me feel better lol. I decided to wait it out and I do think it's just the YI.

[poppleshatesyou.livejournal.com]

Maybe i'm not seeing what you are feeling, and while your vag does look especially red..it does not look way out of the ordinary for a vagina. Vagina's naturally have some minor lump and bumps. And when its inflamed and has been burning, itchy and yeasty, it only makes it feel/look all the more different.

If its any consolation, the first time i got a yeast infection it was so bad, i scratched myself so red, raw and bloody i convinced myself i must have herpes and every little lump, bump and normal (yet oh so very swollen) skin variation of my vagina immediately became an STI and it was terrifying. Till i went to the doctor and she took one look and said "nope! not herpes! just yeast!"

The bleeding you mentioned in your previous post could have just been from further irritation to an already overly sensitive area. The bits you felt were bulging are probably just swollen bits because of the yeast and the scratching and irritation, the penetration probably made things a bit worse as well. Sometimes its really surprising how much something can swell without realizing it till you take one look and go "GAH! totally different from the last time i checked..maybe scratching with fingernails was a terrible idea"

Have you checked out the YI entry (http://www.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=Yeast_Infection) of the Vuvlapedia for other YI treatment options? There are a few in there that might give you some relief a little faster then just waiting for the diflucan to work. Sitting on a bag of frozen vegetables would probably be very helpful, along with taking some probiotics like acidophilus.

But like the other commenter said, if you feel the doctor you went to the first time was not through enough, it's up to you to go back. Personally i'd wait it out and see if once your YI clears up everything goes back to normal, and i'd definitely wait on any sort of vaginal penetration till everything is no longer itchy/painful. Hope this helped!

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, I appreciate the reassurance. :) It does look way out of the ordinary for MY vagina though, normally the opening is smooth and doesn't have bumps like that, they look like little blisters to me. They also hurt and feel like there is an object in there, most uncomfortable. But I suppose it could just be major swelling. I don't think I've been scratching all that much either, especially not there on the inside.

I looked stuff up last night trying to identify it and did find some sites that said YI can blister but it's rare, others said they don't and it's probably Herpes. I'm still hoping it's YI since I don't have the other symptoms of Herpes i.e. yellow discharge and the flu.

I'm torn on whether to go back to the doctor today. I have that date tomorrow and I don't wanna be like...so, um, better not touch me down there, I have unidentified blistering...lol that's hot. ;) I mean if it's just yeast I can just say that and suggest we do things other than penetration but I don't wanna pass on a possible STI.

Thanks for the link and suggestions, I will try them, do you know how long it would normally take for Diflucan to clear it up? It's been 3 days today since I took it, I expected to be better by now.

[poppleshatesyou.livejournal.com]

You are welcome! It really does not look like herpes to me at all, it really does look like it could be a very irritated area that is suffering from yeast. I'm not doctor, but that is what it looks like to me. Glands definitely swell and get angry, especially when something is so itchy, one scratch and all the more blood/histamines are pumping to that area and it just makes it look/feel even worse.

I think regardless of you going to the doctor today you should tell your date to keep hands (and anything else) off the vagina. Not because you have an STI but because as you've learned contact usually makes things like yeast worse, and YI's can be passed on to your partner and things. Oral YI are really not fun!

I've read many a miserable YI sufferer on VP have diflucan do absolutely nothing for them and i've read about it doing wonders as well. Personally when i've taken Diflucan in the past, its cleared things up in 2 days, 3 days, 4 days and not at all! So your mileage my vary!

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for all your advice, I think you are right. I was just freaking out cause I'd never had anything like this happen before and I've had lots of yeast infections.

I told him yesterday, just said it was a YI, I'm pretty confident at this point that that is what it is. He didn't have a problem with it and we're not gonna go "there" lol.

Wow I didn't know Diflucan could be so hit and miss. Well they did tell me if it wasn't better over the weekend to come back, so we'll see how this week goes. Thanks again. :)

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree with this.

The bumps don't even look abnormal at all to me, though I know they are to the OP. Maybe it's just a YI that's irritated the area and caused the normal glands to get swollen and angry?

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking so now thanks to the input from this site. :)

[hellgamatic.livejournal.com]

As far as the bleeding from the irritation, I would say it's probably very possible. I've had an irritated cervix for about 2 years now (3 docs so far haven't done anything but prescribe antibiotics, sigh), and every time something even just bumps it (like me removing my nuvaring, or sex, or anything at all) it bleeds bright red for a day or two and then slows to brown old-blood discharge. The irritation is bright pink and bumpy like you described your vaginal walls being.

Hope this helps some!

[bohemiantragedy.livejournal.com]

That's very helpful to know, thank you. :) And I sure hope a doc can do something for you too.