Question: I have a stinging mild burning but cold pain around the lower part of my vagina also feels like the urethra is affected as have urgency to pee occasionally -sometimes a lot (tested for bacteria and is negative) had cystoscopy urologist said slight stenosis of urethra (bladder ok, waiting for result of 3 biopsies) but symptoms worsened after removal of scope (took 3 days to calm down). Sometimes feels like cystitis. Have strange skin tags at the vaginal orrifice which are very sensitive when touched and some strange purple discoloration of the skin nearby which sometimes disappears. At the entrance to the vagina (the muscles at the sides of the entrance to the vagina) feel pushed out/extended/swollen? No itching at all just stinging and sometimes feels very cold. I cannot tell how full my bladder is when all these symptoms occur. These symptoms are very distressing and at their worst cannot be relieved by tramadol or codeine, estrogen cream helped initially but felt really sick when using it. One gynea suspected herpes and took swabs of what she thought were scars from herpes and am waiting results (i dont think it is herpes, and husband tested negative for it) I am 34, female had cesarean (my 2nd due to emergency the first time) almost 3 months ago and am breast feeding. These symptoms seem to come along when I eat high sugary foods and chocolate and tea but I'm not suspecting I.C as it is more my vagina or the muscles within my vagina that hurt. I feel that the urethral and bladder symptoms are secondary to whatever it is going on. I have had this 3 times in 3 years each lasting around 3 weeks and vary in intensity. UTI can trigger it especially once taking antibiotics but rarely have UTI. Please help...

Thanks for your reply. I have taken on board what you have said about herpes however I have been feeling this pain for nearly 2 weeks now and there are no blisters(not that I can see). Also if it is herpes can they begin to heal and then flare up again within days? As this has happened, I thought the pain had gone then it was back with a vengeance the next day. Also if it is how deep does the pain or virus go? Could it affect my urethra/bladder as I described the pain is unbearable, I quickly become very depressed even suicidal when I get these pains. Is there anything else it could possibly be? The skin tags I mentioned are like small nodules of skin that I can pinch between two fingers, not really how I imagine a shallow blister would look like after healing. I hope you are right as I know herpes can be controlled to a degree, unlike I.C etc. many thanks.

Hello, so are you saying that with each outbreak there may or may NOT be blisters present? So I could have pain but not necessarily the blisters?
I do not feel that you answered my question about the pain coming and going - with herpes attack, does the pain build up to a peak over time and then decrease gradually until it is gone OR can be painful then go away and then come back again an hour later? My feeling of pain is not simply distracted because I am doing other things, it is going away completely, then returning fully an hour or so later. Is this consistent with herpes attack or not? Please answer specifically to how I have asked the question.
With each attack are the nerves damaged further? Is this possible? If it is a second attack then this is much worse than before.
I do not believe it is herpes and am considering pudendal nerve damage as today the pain has moved into my buttocks and I have felt a few electric shocks in my pelvis, also my pain returns after I have been sitting down.
Is there a specific test I can have to determine any other virus or nerve damage? Would an MRI show up nerve damage and the root cause?
Many thanks.
Hi my test result for herpes has come back negative, please could you revise my symptoms and offer an educated explanation? Could it be pudendal nerve damage? Is this curable? Please reply ASAP, I have paid for this service.