HealthCareMagic is now Ask A Doctor - 24x7 | https://www.askadoctor24x7.com

What Causes Growth Which Is Hard Inside Vagina?

Posted on Mon, 29 Dec 2014

Question: When I look in my vagina I see something round and it's hard when I feel it it's not my cervix feels like a bone

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
see your gyne

Detailed Answer:
hello,
thanks for contacting healthcare magic.

The hard thing is mostly cervix , if you feel there is some growth then please visit your gynecologist for a per speculum exam at the earliest.
regards,
dr XXXXXXX

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sameer Kumar (3 minutes later)

It's right at the vagina opening I can see it what is it you think
Also when I put my finger in my vagina the wall feels bumpy

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
possible vaginal or cervical cancer

Detailed Answer:
hello,

well if the growth is arising from the vagina and bleeds on touch and hard mass, then it could be a vaginal cancer and if it seems to be arising from cervix then cervical cancer has to ruled out.

In either case a per speculum exam and a punch biopsy would be required for histopathology to diagnose atypia and reach a diagnosis.

Please visit your gyno soon.
regards,
dr XXXXXXX

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sameer Kumar (3 minutes later)

I have a question if you have aids with symptoms not hiv will it show up on a hiv test done by doctor that you have aids

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
western blot test

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
thanks for the follow up

hiv/253657?iL=true" >AIDS is a symptom complex and secondary to HIV infection. It can be diagnosed by a western blot test which is highly sensitive and specific for the same. It shall confirm the hiv status ad symptoms complex would be ascertained by the doctor on examination only

regards
dr XXXXXXX

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sameer Kumar (2 minutes later)

The test for his was negative per doctor and rapid test done else where. If you have advanced to aids will it be incorrect?

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
rapid test would be but not western blot....

Detailed Answer:
thank for the follow up.

Rapid tests indicate recent infection and are not specific. Once a hiv infection it never gets negative as the CD4 levels keep decreasing if the case progresses to AIDS complex.... SO in AIDS cases along with western blot ( which is specific) , CD4 counts are also highly relevant to ascertain the viral load and indicate the stage of AIDS complex .

regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sameer Kumar (3 minutes later)

My doctor did a test through the lab also not rapid it showed negative but wasn't the western blot. If you had aids would it have showed up in that test?

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
explained

Detailed Answer:
yes , if ELISA had been done then HIV infection would have been seen if YOU HAVE been diagnosed HIV POSITIVE or seropositive earlier.....
If the present test is negative then the previous test was faulty. hence it is always better to rule out with the gold standard, the western blot.

You cannot have AIDS without HIV infection.

regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sameer Kumar (3 minutes later)

I don't know if it was Elisa it said hiv 1 and 2 on the lab paperwork I didn't see a name it was done through lab corp?

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
send history details please..and reports

Detailed Answer:
hello,

If its possible can you attach the report and send it across for purview and further details about your medical and surgical illness of the past, so that i would be able to help you better.

If your concern is the vaginal mass, then you have to seek medical assistance soon and visit your physician for an exam.
regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sameer Kumar (9 minutes later)

I don't have the report but what about the hit test through the lab would that be accurate?
For advanced stage aids?

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
hello

Detailed Answer:
hello,
well it can be accurate , depending on the lab parameters but difficult to comment otherwise.

advanced stage disease aids is a clinical diagnosis and not a lab diagnosis.
regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sameer Kumar (5 minutes later)

But would it show hiv+

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
yes

Detailed Answer:
if you have been diagnosed as AIDS already then it should show HIV positivity.

regards

Note: Revert back with your gynae reports to get a clear medical analysis by our expert Gynecologic Oncologist. Click here.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar