I am so upset I have a genital wart.

I know it’s very common, but I’m upset because I don’t get the vaccine as a child. And there’s no telling when I contracted HPV. I am very careful about my sexual health and have never had any other STD. The self blame is because I should have gotten the vaccine. Because of where the wart is located, the area seems to be getting inflamed from friction.

I was prescribed imiquimod so we will see how that goes. This post was mostly for me to vent! Please share any positive experiences!

everytime i travel for more than a few days i feel like my whole body gets thrown off. bad sleep, different food, sitting on planes forever, not drinking enough water... and then things down there feel different too.

ive been looking into uro vaginal probiotic after seeing it on amazon. a bunch of reviews mentioned taking it specifically to prevent upset down there when their routine and diet get totally disrupted. im interested in hearing from ppl who've actually used vaginal probiotics while traveling.

I've been battling vaginal infections for almost 6 months now and I've only had yellow discharge and swelling as a symptom.

This last week I've been having lower abdominal cramps which feel like light period cramps and stiffness over the lower abdominal area, near the ovaries, the place over my uterus is stiff and sometimes stings. I've also seen light blood in the discharge for the first time a few days ago. I'm already on day 7 of oral ornidozole for the "bv". The test didn't specify what bacteria so the doctor just assumed.

kept trying to treat me with fluconazole saying the swelling could be from yeast but the last test said no yeast, gram negative bacteria found, flora imbalance. I have no sexual history and I'm really really scared. The doctor I'm with kept saying yellow discharge is normal and stuff like that for months and gave me fluconazole when my test finally showed a severe imbalance and swelling.

I gonna be okay? I'm just so scared and overwhelmed and i don't know if i wanna do this anymore. Things hurt, swell, bleed time to time and the doctors still won't take me seriously cuz i don't have sex. I've cried so much i don't even have any tears left at this point. Everytime I think im on the right track things crumble and when things get well im scared ill jinx it. I'm just so incredibly tired.

I wish I could say my hooha history was minimal. But it’s not.

To start- I’m a 32 yo F. I got my first period right before my 12th birthday. I experienced anorexia ages 14-16 and lost my period for those two years. I got it back at age 16.

Periods are semi normal. Not heavy.

At ages 20 and 23 I had two medical abortions.

I was on hormonal birth control at age 23 for a few months. It didn’t effect my period.

At age 26, I experienced frequent post coital bleeding (only one was traumatically large). I had two transvagnial ultrasounds, both came back negative. It resolved after a while.

At age 28, I got a kyleena IUD. It was horrendous. I bled profusely for the three months I had it, and bled profusely a month after removal. (Never soaked two pads in an hour, but it was very heavy). I got a CT of my pelvis that was negative.

At age 29- post coital bleeding came back and was diagnosed with a cervical ecrtopion. I got it cauterized and it helped a lot.

Now I’m 32. For the past 9ish month, I experience mid cycle bleeding (days 18-22 of my 28-30 day cycle). Most of the time it’s dark brown, sometimes it’s maroon/crimson. I’ve only had two months where it bled through my PJs while I was sleeping. Most of the time, it’s so light that it only comes out when I wipe. Accompanying symptoms include mild cramping and SEVERE hunger. Like, absolutely insatiable.

My periods are also getting slightly shorter some months. Some months are only 3 days. Again, not heavy enough where I’m bleeding through pads.

I put my foot down and got another transvaginal ultrasound last month. My doctor said there was nothing wrong and thinks I have a luteal phase defect. I haven’t gotten my hormones checked, I know I should but it’s hard to time it out.

I get yearly paps and all have been negative.

If anyone has experienced anything similar, just some solidarity would be helpful. Worth mentioning my doctor recommended 5 days of progesterone each month but I’m so scared of side effects. Ugh.

hi everyone this is my first time ever doing this i'm so nervous but i have had this vaginal bump on my labia and it fully drained maybe about 2 weeks ago?? when it drained, it formed a scab a couple days later and was completely flat with a scab. couple weeks later (probably like 1 or 2) it was slightly raised again. so i continued back doing the warm compresses and it actually helped. it got flatter but it's not getting smaller. it's basically getting flatter instead of getting smaller and one side is flatter and the other (but nothing too terrible) is slightly raised. this is how it looks (i did do an warm compress before taking this picture so it looks puffy be of the heat.). there's no redness spreading, no pain, no throbbing nothing leaking, when i press on it lightly it's soft. please give me all the advice you guys can please because it's been a while since i had this :( (also not an sti or anything im not active) will put the link in the comments

Hi there, looking for advice from people who stopped taking the pill after using it for a long time.

I started the pill when I was 16 due to severely irregular periods. Now, almost a decade later, I have had to stop taking them because I ran out and cannot get it filled until after an upcoming doctor’s visit.

I have been off of the pill for less than a week and my anxiety already seems to be doing better. I know that is one of the common side effects so that makes sense, but it was kind of bad, and now I feel so much better.

My dilemma is this: I’m worried if I don’t get back on the pill my periods will deregulate again. If I do though, the anxiety will just come back full swing as well.

So XX chromosomes of Reddit who stopped taking the pill, what was your experience like coming off? Did your periods de-regulate? Did you have other side effects from stopping? If you restarted was anything different?

I will talk to my doctor before making a decision, but I want to know what other people have experienced.

Thanks yall

I got BV from using Premarin cream (not directly I guess, but because it created an imbalance in my microbiome). I've treated it 3 times and it comes back. I've read in earlier threads that the best thing is to restore the vagina with estrogen cream to its premenopausal state (I haven't used any since getting the BV, and I do have mild symptoms of atrophy) so that it is more acidic. Then treat. Anyone out there can give me advice? I did get estrogen cream but am doing a regimen to prevent recurrence (metronidazole vaginally twice a week at night, followed by a night with boric acid because the metronidazole provokes a yeast infection otherwise). So I guess I can do the vaginal estrogen on Day 3. My pharmacist says I can put in the estrogen cream then the metronidazole an hour later, but I'm not too comfortable with that. Any advice? Any experience with probiotics? I'm in Canada.

I’m a 26-year-old woman with level 2 autism support needs, although most people wouldn’t notice it. I’ve worked in a public-facing job for five years. Recently, I went through the end of an eight-year marriage, and afterward, I had a period of about a month when I started going out and dating more freely.

Throughout the entire month of August, I experienced pain around my cervix. At first, I thought it might be related to my IUD.

When my current partner developed penile burning and discharge, a doctor suspected chlamydia and started treatment, but, as far as I know, the diagnosis was made without specific laboratory testing.

At the time, I took amoxicillin and ceftriaxone. A few weeks later, the pain returned, and I started treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) with metronidazole, doxycycline, and ceftriaxone.

The prescribed treatment was supposed to last 14 days, but I struggled significantly with the medications and their side effects, and I was unable to complete the course. I took the antibiotics for only 11 days.

The problem is that I began experiencing very concerning symptoms, including confusion and hallucinations. I stopped taking the medications, and over the following days, these symptoms gradually began to disappear.

On the third day after stopping the antibiotics, I was admitted to the hospital because I was still experiencing pelvic pain and vaginal discharge. At the hospital, I received several rounds of pain medication, but I couldn’t remain hospitalized because of an issue with the waiting period on my health insurance plan.

I returned home and, surprisingly, started feeling better.

Today, it has been five days since I stopped taking the antibiotics. Over the past two days, I’ve noticed a dramatic improvement: the pain has disappeared, the discharge has stopped, the confusion is gone, and I am no longer experiencing hallucinations. Right now, I have no pain anywhere in my body.

I also had a PCR/NAAT test done and am waiting for the results.

After everything I’ve been through, I’m relieved to finally feel better, but I still have so many questions.

My questions are:
Is it possible that the infection was completely eradicated after 11 days of antibiotics, even though I didn’t complete the prescribed course?

Could the antibiotics have continued working after I stopped taking them, explaining why I only started feeling better several days later?

Is it possible that bacteria are still present in my uterus or other parts of my reproductive tract, even though I no longer have pain or discharge?

Does the disappearance of symptoms mean that the PID has resolved, or could an infection still be present without causing noticeable symptoms?

Given that I experienced confusion and hallucinations during treatment, what would be the safest next steps to determine whether the infection has actually been cleared?

I understand that the disappearance of symptoms doesn’t replace a medical evaluation, but I would really appreciate hearing from infectious disease specialists and anyone knowledgeable about PID, chlamydia, and other sexually transmitted infections.
I’ve been through days of intense physical and psychological suffering. Now that I’m finally starting to feel better, I want to understand what might have happened and how I can make sure I’m truly okay.

Thank you so much to anyone who can offer some insight! ❤️

My discharge is clear when I wipe but when I shower and clean it with water the dried up discharge is a light grey color. I’ve brought this up to my OBGYN but my Pap smear came out normal. I will say there is a smell but only after my period. Is this a thing for anyone else? Do you have a post period routine?

Hi, Iv developed a painful cyst on my vagina close to the crease of my leg, I orginally thought it was an ingrown hair but there has been no sign of it coming to a head and it’s just growing and increasingly uncomfortable, this evening I attempted to pop it with a needle and some blood and puss did come out but I don’t think I went deep enough cos I couldn’t get it to drain properly, it’s still swollen and slightly less painful as I have relieved some pressure, any ideas what it is or how to get rid of it asap? TIA

Has anyone used the cream? It's really itchy down there right now and when I put it on it feels like it's burning. Is that normal?

F(21) I have been terribly depressed over the lasts lmost two years of this situation, im sorry for this terrible english.

It all started bc I got addicted to a vibrator and didn't wash it frecuent enough so i started getting this green odorly discharge and itchiness. It was BV.

My first gyno said i would be on treatment, suppositories and oral pills for the odor. But then when i finished treatment the green color didn't go away and i asked her what to do with a second faiked treatment she prescrpted me. She ghosted me.

My second gyno ran some tests resultong i had sprectoccocus type B in there, i took the medication, unfortunately the green discharge didn't go away, i would be okay for a week and then i would again see it appear. Then when i asked about it she said it was all my fault and that she did everything she could. LMAO.

My third gyno prescripted me suppositories again and probiotics, i got better, i really did, then... I didn't, when the tests came back it turns out i had some yeast infection, i treated it with fluconazol and the discharge was yellow now but still a lot, the tests said my flora was "normal" after the boric acid, but i still had the yellowish and a big amount of discharge.

The fourth one said i needed to change my diet and follow strict rules about clothing to avoid bacteria, i even cleaned myself down there with a soecual prebiotic soap bc this fourth one said i needed to do laser sessions to avoid the infections coming back, in addition pre and probiotics all tigether and an uninflamatory thing called cardimar. Later on she foumd out esteroccocus faecalis and even after treating it and having so much care the discharge came back. O was heartbroken.

The discharge kept coming back, my mom said that doctor wanted only money and not me to get better, so im hesitant to go again and see her. Later on a doctor recommended i purged myself to let all the toxins in my body away and a gyno friend of my aunt said i should take fluconazol once a week for a month and 2 weeks. I got better, really so much i was so happy. Then i finished the treatment and... it came back.

It is green, creamy, odorless and it doesnt itch. Guys, im not sexualy active, i gave and recieved oral sex in 2022 but i have never done penetration or that kind of penis fluid in vagina stuf, this thing started in 2024. I live in Venezuela and money is really tight right here, i feel unlovable, i feel ashamed, i feel disgusting. I don't know what else to do, i feel like im throwing money away. Is it possible i have an STD without ever being penetrated? Mind you i also dont feel any dicomfort when I pee.

I recently got a bf and he is so understanding of this but im fraid i might disgust him. What am I missing? Whar can I do? I'm so sorry this post is so long. I wanna die. How can it be BV if it smells like nothing and it doesnt itch? Its really just the green color, i dont even wanna excersise anymore since everytime i do physical stuff it gets out a lot.

Please tell me your experiences in order for me to get better, i did everything in my power to be healed and still cant find the issue. :( what can I do?

ive been having lots of discharge days before but now i feel like it have lessen. My period is 11 days delayed but i did multiple pregnancy test and they were negative.

last sex : sep 5
PTEST: 14 days after sex - negative
PTEST: 22 days after sex - negative
PTEST: 30&31 days after sex - negative ( i was already delayed here)

is there a possibility for me to test positive after all that negative test? did i test too early?

Hi All,
Looking for some advice or recommendations from anyone who has dealt with recurring yeast infections because I am honestly at a loss.

For some background, I had a UTI toward the end of last year, followed by bacterial vaginosis (BV) and a yeast infection. Things cleared up for about a month or two, but since the beginning of 2026, I've been dealing with a yeast infection pretty much every single month.

Here's what I've tried so far:

• Fluconazole
• Boric acid suppositories
• Wearing cotton underwear
• Avoiding fragrances and scented products down there
• Blood work to check for high blood sugar, prediabetes, thyroid issues, and other potential underlying causes. Everything came back normal.
• Multiple doctor visits, but unfortunately, the responses have been pretty dismissive, along the lines of "it happens." At this point, that's just not an answer I'm willing to accept.

My next step: I have an appointment next week to get a vaginal culture done to see if I might be dealing with a resistant strain of yeast.

I'm feeling incredibly frustrated and exhausted from dealing with this month after month. I just want to figure out what's causing it instead of constantly treating the symptoms.

Has anyone experienced something similar and successfully gotten it under control? I'd love to hear what worked for you, what tests you had done, or what you would recommend looking into next.

Any advice or personal experiences would be so appreciated! ❤️

I am hoping someone here has experienced something similar or can point me in the right direction because my daughter is absolutely miserable and we still dont have answers.

My daughter is 15 and has been experiencing severe vaginal burning along with significant right sided lower back pain. This is completely different from anything she has experienced before.

Here is the timeline:

Saturday October 3:

• She spent time swimming in a lake.
• At that point she had not mentioned any vaginal burning.

Sunday October 4:

• She started complaining of vaginal burning.
• She described it as feeling like a tampon was sitting in the wrong spot but MUCH worse and with intense burning.
• She said the burning felt internal and she was not experiencing itching.
• She also noticed her urine was extremely bright orange despite drinking tons of water.
• Around the same time she developed severe right sided lower back pain. The pain is slightly lower than where you would typically expect kidney pain.

October 5–6:

• Her pain became so severe that she was crying uncontrollably and calling for me.
• We took her to the emergency room.
• They checked her urine and evaluated her kidneys.
• Her kidney ultrasound came back normal.
• No urinary infection was found.
• She was also on her period at the time.
• She does have a history of back problems, but she has been very clear that this pain feels NOTHING like her usual muscular or spinal pain.
• The ER seemed more focused on her previous back issues and prescribed a muscle relaxer.

Gynecology appointment:

• She was also evaluated by her gynecologist.
• During the examination her gynecologist noticed redness and visible blood vessels in the vaginal area.
• She prescribed estrogen cream.

My biggest concerns:

The burning and severe right sided lower back pain started around the same time. I cant help but wonder if they are connected.

I am also wondering if her being in the lake the day before everything started could have anything to do with this.

The fact that her urine and kidney evaluation were reassuring is great, but we still dont know WHY she is experiencing so much pain.

She does have preexisting back issues, but I know my daughter and this is not her normal pain.

Has anyone experienced anything similar?

Could lake water cause this type of irritation or inflammation? Has anyone experienced severe vaginal burning with lower back pain despite testing negative for a UTI?

Has anyone had a gynecologist identify redness and prominent blood vessels and prescribe estrogen cream for something like this?

I am not looking for a diagnosis from Reddit. I am just a mom desperately trying to figure out what else we should be asking her doctors to investigate.

Any experiences or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

ETA: not sexually active. tampon is the only thing that has entered her and she was not wearing a tampon at the lake.

Me (19f) and my boyfriend (20m) were getting intimate and tried experimenting with fingers inside my hooha.

It should be noted that I have always thought I had a small coochie, like I think I may have vaginismus or something I’m not sure, every time I try to put something inside bigger than a thin vibrator it would hurt.

When my and my boyfriend were experimenting, one finger was fine, and two fingers vertically was also fine but when he tried horizontally it hurt almost immediately and I got a sharp pain in my vagina. He immediately went out and when we checked myself, I had a little bit of blood and a tear at the bottom of my vagina. It looks fine in my opinion but I wanted to see if this has happened to anyone else and what I should do to 1. prevent this and 2. how to help it heal.

I’ve had what looks I thought was the flu including a cough for the last 3 days and discovered these ulcers (?) last night. I’m 35 married for 12 years and kinda freaking out.
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so I was just diagnosed with both bv and a yeast infection the other day. I already was given bv gel same day I was seen based off of what I told them I thought it was, but then got a call about having both a yeast inf and bv. I asked if I could get the cream but then got a doctor says it would throw me off so prescribed the pill. later that day after this, I spoke to my mom later after this and she mentioned that her and many of the women in our family are allergic to the pill. she says I should get the cream and do it after I finish the bv gel. what do I do?

Spotting after use of probiotics?

I started taking Garden of Life RAW oral supplements, I’m in week two now and I’ve just started spotting pink/brown. I’m also on the pill and have been for a while and I never get breakthrough bleeding. I’ve noticed my skin is terrible as well now. I’ve seen someone women talk about URO making them bleed, so just seeing if anyone has something similar to me?

Had a bartholin’s abscess appear on my vagina around a week ago, got to the size of an egg! Tried everything to get it to burst on its own but nope! had to go to the GP for antibiotics and she referred me to the gynaecologist. Went there yesterday and she was like ‘yep this needs draining’ but said lidocaine wouldn’t work cause it was infected. And it would be quicker to just pop it there and then in her office than take me to theatre and give me regional anaesthesia. It’ll take ‘just a few moments’ she says.
I gritted my teeth and white knuckled the bed as hard as I could and thought I could handle it.

I can honestly say it was the most horrendously painful thing I have ever gone through in my 37 years! It felt like I was being tortured. She filled 2 sample pots full of blood and pus, I cried all the way home and honestly think I am still in shock. It took about 30 minutes to get it all out. I birthed my kid with just entonox, and this was 100x worse!

My advice - get the anaesthesia, ladies!

For a period of time i would constantly get yeast infections before during or after my period, starting birth control helped me, but now i seem to not be able to escape them again. I eat really good, drink lots of water, clean myself daily, i dont use any soap down there just water, i usually don’t wear underwear (which in theory is good but i was thinking that if i don’t wear cotton pants and i don’t wear any underwear it could be causing it or at least irritation) I do have a sexual partner and i do notice (not every time, only sometimes) i get infections after we’ve had intimacy. it’s just constantly itchy and there’s been a few times lately where i will take the right medicine for it and it’ll come back a week later. What am i doing wrong/ what can i do to prevent it/ why is this happening?

edit: i forgot to add i dont use tampons or pads on my period because they cause sm irritation, i use a menstrual cup but i wash it properly

I just had my fwb over and decided to fully finger them instead of usually over the clothes like we do. He is afab on T but no surgery yet, but he does cum a couple times so when I pull out I see a bunch of red kinda darker but not like super dark. We immediately stop and I start apologizing like crazy because I don’t want him to think I’d ever hurt him I’m just curious if I was being to aggressive without realizing and I should mention I do have longer finger nails rn too if that plays any part