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What Could Cause Swollen And Tender Inner Vaginal Lips?
My vagina has been feeling a little off lately after I had saxual intercourse with my boyfriend, however it was just a little red on the insidemore than usual(dark red), but still normal.. however I just took a shower a little while ago and my inner vagina lips are burning and tender and swollen. Even just the water dripping down my body made it hurt. What is going on?
Wed, 26 Aug 2020
Hi,
According to your history the possible factors are:
- Friction on vaginal tissue during intercourse can lead to minor breaches over the epithelium leading to pain and inflammatory changes.
- Infection due to unprotected intercourse can lead to pain and swelling.
The measures that can possibly help you are:
- Maintaining abstinence for a few days till the symptoms subside.
- Using local analgesic and anti-inflammatory creams.
- If symptoms persist or increase better to get examined once to rule out the possibility of infection.
In case of infection, using local and systemic antibiotics can help. Both the partners should be treated simultaneously to prevent future cross infections.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Sree Gouri SR
According to your history the possible factors are:
- Friction on vaginal tissue during intercourse can lead to minor breaches over the epithelium leading to pain and inflammatory changes.
- Infection due to unprotected intercourse can lead to pain and swelling.
The measures that can possibly help you are:
- Maintaining abstinence for a few days till the symptoms subside.
- Using local analgesic and anti-inflammatory creams.
- If symptoms persist or increase better to get examined once to rule out the possibility of infection.
In case of infection, using local and systemic antibiotics can help. Both the partners should be treated simultaneously to prevent future cross infections.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Sree Gouri SR
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