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What Causes Painful Bruising After Trying To Insert A Tampon?
Hi, I m going to be going into some gross details so be prepared. These past few months I ve been having issues down there. At one point it was very itchy and I thought I had crabs but I thought it might ve been a yeast infection so I started eating more yogurt and things that could help a yeast infection. Then everything went back to normal. And then recently I got my period and it usually lasts about 3-4 days. It lasted 7 days and I used tampons. But during the last few days of my period I started getting pain when putting in the tampons, as in it felt a little swollen and bruised. I got off my period and then my entire vaginal area was itching like crazy. I felt very irritated down there and it s frustrating because I just want to be normal again! Also, yesterday I barely saw any red bumps on my pubic area and around my vagina (outside of the lips ). But today I noticed there was a good amount of red bumps and they had pus coming out of them! I have absolutely no clue what s wrong with me and I can t go to the doctors because I m a broke college student with no health insurance. I just need to know what s wrong with me and how I can fix it. Please help!
Mon, 1 Jun 2020
General & Family Physician, Dr. Nishad BN's Response
Hi,
Red bumps around vagina can be folliculitis (hair bed infection) most likely. Hot fomentation and antibiotic cream will be helpful. Do you had any unprotected sexual intercourse? If yes then STDs like genital herpes is possible. Avoid tampons in such situation.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Nishad BN
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What Causes Painful Bruising After Trying To Insert A Tampon?
Hi, Red bumps around vagina can be folliculitis (hair bed infection) most likely. Hot fomentation and antibiotic cream will be helpful. Do you had any unprotected sexual intercourse? If yes then STDs like genital herpes is possible. Avoid tampons in such situation. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Nishad BN