very serious question

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very serious question
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Thu, 11-13-2008 - 8:27pm
Upon shaving today in my intimate areas I found a strange bump there. I went on line to read on what it could be. I dk if this something I could have had before. I have to be checked out. Should I tell my ap before I get checked out or wait. Tell him I found something strange. My husband has nothing on him, my ap never said anything. If I didn't use a mirror to shave, I would have seen nothing strange.please any help. I won't talk to Ap until tommorrow.
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Fri, 11-14-2008 - 9:27am

If you're scared, and you're really worried that it could be an STD like the papillomavirus, then definitely do not have sex with your AP until you know what it is for sure.


But my guess is that it's just an ingrown hair, an infected hair follicle, or even just an ordinary pimple, and something as simple as cleaning the area with rubbing alcohol or antibacterial soap and keeping it dry could help it to go away.


Still, it never hurts to err on the side of caution and have a doctor check it out. If you're embarrassed, then you don't have to say what you think it might be, just say you have this very painful bump and let the doctor take it from there.


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Fri, 11-14-2008 - 9:36am
i do have an appt for the first week of dec. i hope it goes away between now and then. what freaks me out is my AP never had anything, my husband doesn't, and i would've never slept with my AP if he said he even had a remote chance of having anything. we've been intimate for almost 2 years. where did it come from if it is what i think it could be. i hope it's a pimple or something. it's scary.
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Fri, 11-14-2008 - 9:41am
Try keeping it dry and clean like I suggested and avoid sexual contact until you've had it checked out - even if it does go away between now and your appointment in December. Even if it is

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Fri, 11-14-2008 - 10:01am
i'm avoiding any sexual contact until i get checked out. i just wish i could've got in sooner. i'll have to deal with that. thanks every one for the advice. i appreciate it. i guess i'll hold off saying anything to my AP until i know for sure what's going on.
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Fri, 11-14-2008 - 10:03am

Good luck and keep us posted!! (((HUGS)))


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Fri, 11-14-2008 - 5:57pm


Never, never go online and look up your symptoms... You always ignore the simple things and go straight for worst case.

It's not easy for a woman to spot she has HPV as the symptoms are normally internal, so I would be quite surprised if that's what it is. I would hazard a guess that it's a cyst of some sort - could be an infected hair root or blocked pore or something. I get one occasionally, don't know why, feels like a hard and uncomfortable lump, like a pea. Goes away on it's own accord.

Definitely go to the doctor and get checked; it's something we should all do regularly anyway, but in the meantime don't get worked up over it.

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Sun, 11-16-2008 - 11:56pm

infected hair bump can be painful..if so the dr will just pull the hair out or give you medicine like something with sulfer to reduce the swelling..but if the doc says it's hair bump ..go to the dermatologist so they can give you something for relief of the skin pain...if it's HPV, that causes genital warts or vise versa...i forget..but, it is sexually transmitted so you wanna find where it came from, if that's where it is..and you never know..the wife may have slept with someone else..HPV also causes cervical cancer..be careful with this man if it's anything other than an infected hair bump, be careful with husband if it's anything other than an infected hair bump..i am not gonna mention protection because for HPV i don't think that works...again i forget....


i have only been with XAP sexually in the past year and some..before then i had a BF, that i was with while XAP and i were good friends....he an i used protection every single time we did the do..and the x-fiance before the BF, was studying the ministry so we did not do the do at all ever in the two years we were together (now you guys know why i can withstand not doing the do with XAP, things are more emotional/mentally intimate for me when i'm with someone although when i do the do..i do my thang)...during the time with XAP, i was at the gyn once a month but that is because i was perimenopausal which posed

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Mon, 11-17-2008 - 7:23am
thank you for the advice. my AP knows some of the reason why i'm going to the genecologist. i'm also having cramping in my cervic with some bleeding. i've tried to put it off, everything will be taken care of at once. he wants me to get in sooner. i'll see what i can do. i've never seen him so worried. i hate being a woman sometimes.
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Mon, 11-17-2008 - 9:12am
please don't put that type of thing off...get treated...and it will be ok...i hope you feel better soon..take care of yourself
"be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"---Dr. Seuss

"be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"---Dr. Seuss

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Mon, 11-17-2008 - 9:21am
we where talking about the C last night, then he asked if i had history of that in my family. he wants me to get in earlier, i don't think i can. he's concerned. i told him one thing, but left the rest out. like i said i hate being a woman sometimes.