odd sores and swelling

[demonic-force13.livejournal.com]

Hewwo everyone. There might be some TMIs here but I don't know how to use a cut when I'm posting from my phone. :/
I posted about a week ago about what I thought was a yeast infection. I went to the dr and got it all cleared up.
Well, last night I had sex for the first time in 2 weeks. I woke up this morning and had horrible itching, pain, and swelling around my vaginal entrance. I had these little patches of irritated skin that I thought were from the yeast infection, but this morning the existing ones were worse and more had appeared.
Herpes was the first thing to come to my mind, but I really don't have blisters. It looks like the skin got rubbed off somehow. I don't have any odd discharge or smells either.
I've never been allergic to anything, but could this be an allergic reaction of some sort? We didn't use lube last night, but I did use my Trojan Triphoria vibrator. I can't think of anything else it could be.
Also, is there anything I can put right on my vaginal entrance to help with the itching and pain? I use Calmoseptine in the other places, but it has glycerin in it.
Thanx in advance for the help!

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[draba.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear, that sucks!

The first thing that comes to my mind is-- were you using condoms? Because if you were, and if they were latex ones, and/or if your vibrator contains rubber latex, you could have developed an allergy to the rubber latex. Those can come on rather suddenly, and if a person is going to be allergic to latex, the allergy takes a while to appear-- the effect of the latex is cumulative, so the more exposure you get the worse the allergy becomes. I know because I became most painfully allergic to latex from condoms-- constant itching, pain, and a horrible feeling of both itching there and up inside me, and an even more horrible feeling of having multiple cuts at my vaginal entrance. I never did look to see what this irritation looked like, though!

If condoms are something you use, try non-latex (polyisoprene) ones. They are relatively common-- can be found at most chain drugstores-- and are clearly labeled.

There is a cream for vaginal itching and irritation usually used for alleviating the pain of a yeast infection-- it's called Vagisil, I think, and it's common in drugstores. That will hopefully help you! Also, there were 2 things that helped me when I was going through the long and painful process of figuring out I was allergic to latex-- a homeopathic soothing gel called "Califlora" (made by Boericke and Tafel), and aloe gel with a drop or two of lavender and tea tree essential oils added to it.

I hope you figure this out soon! If it doesn't go away in the next couple days, please see your gynecologist!

[dkwgdk.livejournal.com]

I agree that this sounds a lot like an allergic reaction, in particular the kind I would get from using latex condoms. I had no problem with them for years and then BAM, allergic. The same thing can happen with different kinds of toys. It looks like the Triphoria is made out of silicone, but if your skin was already irritated, using a vibrator could have intensified irritation.

You can also be allergic to topical anti-fungals (like Monistat) and those could also be causing problems as they work their way out of your body.