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What Causes Lump At The Vaginal Opening?
Hi, I have an issue that I start to really worry about from time to time. I am 18 and have in the past been sexually active, and I have a lump/growth/mass in my vagina that s maybe the size of a marble or cherry that as far as I am aware I have always had, on the front wall of the vagina very near to the vaginal opening, just below where I believe my g spot is. It is very ridgy and fleshy and rugose, but I m not entirely sure if incased in this fleshiness there is some kind of firmness/hardness. If I press on it it s not painful, I just need the toilet slightly. It s visible from the outside of the vagina, and when I m lying on my back it obstructs a direct view down my vaginal canal. If I bear down it can protrude slightly from the vaginal entrance. I mentioned this to my GP recently as it was worrying me and he said it didn t sound like an alarming symptom, and was most likely just a cyst of some kind. I m going to go back and have an examination next week but in the meantime I am so anxious and so concerned that it is something more serious that it s proving to be a serious mental distraction from life. I m worried that it s something more serious than a benign cyst, such as a urethral diverticulum (I do have some urinary incontinence) or something even more sinister like a rare vaginal cancer. Equally other online sources say it could jsut be the g spot and anatomy of my vagina, so I don t know what to think. Should I be so concerned that it s a serious illness?? Sorry for the very long answer, thank you for answering.
Mon, 4 Apr 2016
Hello dear,
Understand your concern.
Following are the cause of lumps near vagina.
1. Bartholin's cyst: Bartholin cyst generally not associated with pain if it is small and uninfected. But the burning pain inside the vagina may be due to genital tract infection. Bartholin cyst sometime get ruptured and lead to infection inside vagina. Dear never pope up the bump: it causes deep infection.
2. Bacterial infection: as it is moist area
3. STDs
4. Fungal infection
5. Dermatitis
6. Sebaceous cyst: no any complication
Urinary incontinence may be due to urethritis/UTI
Following are the treatment:
Use neosporin and hydrocortisone with cotrimazole for at least 72 hr.
Maintain hygiene as below:
Wear loose, cotton underwear
Bathe or shower frequently
Wash vagina with warm and salt water after urination to maintain hygiene
Change out of sweaty or wet clothing as soon as possible
Do use hygiene sprays
add yogurt and other fermented foods to your diet to promote healthy bacteria
Reduce the amount of sugar you eat.
If not resolved consult gynecologist and do test for all above disease by following test.
Pelvic examination
Gram stain and culture
PCR and nucleic acid amplification test:swab should be taken from urethra
If you are very anxious and cause bleeding, foul smelling, consult the doctor for simple excision of cyst.
Hope this may help you.
Best regards
Dr. sagar
Understand your concern.
Following are the cause of lumps near vagina.
1. Bartholin's cyst: Bartholin cyst generally not associated with pain if it is small and uninfected. But the burning pain inside the vagina may be due to genital tract infection. Bartholin cyst sometime get ruptured and lead to infection inside vagina. Dear never pope up the bump: it causes deep infection.
2. Bacterial infection: as it is moist area
3. STDs
4. Fungal infection
5. Dermatitis
6. Sebaceous cyst: no any complication
Urinary incontinence may be due to urethritis/UTI
Following are the treatment:
Use neosporin and hydrocortisone with cotrimazole for at least 72 hr.
Maintain hygiene as below:
Wear loose, cotton underwear
Bathe or shower frequently
Wash vagina with warm and salt water after urination to maintain hygiene
Change out of sweaty or wet clothing as soon as possible
Do use hygiene sprays
add yogurt and other fermented foods to your diet to promote healthy bacteria
Reduce the amount of sugar you eat.
If not resolved consult gynecologist and do test for all above disease by following test.
Pelvic examination
Gram stain and culture
PCR and nucleic acid amplification test:swab should be taken from urethra
If you are very anxious and cause bleeding, foul smelling, consult the doctor for simple excision of cyst.
Hope this may help you.
Best regards
Dr. sagar
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