Q. I have a knot that keeps coming up just on the outside of my vagina. It hurts really bad. Is it something serious?
Hello doctor,
I am 34 year old female weighing 300 pounds. My height is 5'2". I have a vaginal issue that I need advice about. I have a knot that keeps coming up just on the outside of my vagina, and it eventually bursts and bleeds for a while. This has happened twice now, and it has really started to scare me. The knot hurts really bad before it bursts. What can I do for this? Is it something serious that I need to go to the gynecologist?
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From the description you have given, it appears to be either Bartholin's abscess or a boil. Both cases can be recurrent if immunity is low, most common cause being diabetes mellitus. Following is my advice for managing the symptoms:
- Get your blood sugar levels checked; if found to be high, you need medicines to control it.
- Your weight is in the range of obesity. Obesity itself reduces immunity and likely aggravates the problems which you are facing. Kindly consult a dietician and follow some structured weight reduction program.
- When the knot reappears, consult a gynecologist in person to know the exact nature. If it is a simple boil, antibiotics will be sufficient. But if it is Bartholin's abscess, it needs surgical treatment.
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