Please help me figure out!!!

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-02-2004
Please help me figure out!!!
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Fri, 01-02-2004 - 9:17pm
Has anyone experienced an allergic reaction in there genitals. I dont know what is wrong with me but everything is swollen, red blistery and painful, a test came back negative as a herpes breakout so im wondering if im having an allergic reaction to my detergent. Please help me!
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2003
Sat, 01-03-2004 - 9:13am
I just recently had the same kind of thing happen to me and I determined it had to be an allergic reaction to of all things the toilet paper I bought. I had switched brands and the first day I opened the package I became raw, swollen, burning, itchy. Itwas awful. I though okay maybe I'm going to get my first yeast infection but no symptoms came. I was starting to go crazy cause it had been over a week, almost two and it wasn't getting better, then I noticed that after I went back to my regular brand of Tp I started getting better and within a couple of days was back to normal. Have been fine ever since.

Did you recently change your detergent or soap/bodywash?

Hope you feel better soon.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-05-2004
Mon, 01-05-2004 - 6:18pm
hey...i just wanted you to know that i had the same thing happen to me about a year ago, and for awhile, it drove me crazy. i was not only annoyed, but worried and mad. i even thought maybe my husband had had an affair and i had caught something!i went to my gynecologist and he didn't even know for sure what it was. after lots of questioning, he did a herpes test. it came out negative. as it turned out, through trial and error, i found out it was a new bath and body works bubble bath that i had a bad reaction to. i hope you find out what it is that's bugging you and hopefully it's something very simple like mine. it probably is! good luck and try not to worry too much. i haven't had it since i stopped using that stuff! take care!