When I was young, I was curious about my body parts, studying them tediously after showers; at that age, my labia were small and perfectly symmetrical, yet I always remember a strange and very evident fishy odor and I carry that same odor to this day.
The problem all started when my family went to my grandmother's house on Independence Day when I was 10, and I wore my usual jeans and t-shirt. While walking around, I discovered an uncomfortable burning itch along my left labia. I rushed to the bathroom, and took a look at it, and found not apparent changes in appearance. Puzzled and irritable, I scratched it until it bled, and found myself in so much pain that I decided to try and ignore the problem. At this age, I was completely oblivious to sexual activities/the difficulties that accompany these activities (STDs).
As I turned 11, I would observe my terribly itchy left labia daily, pulling hard on the skin. Gradually I found that only my left labia had doubled, maybe even tripled in size, turned a deep brown, and was covered in terribly itchy lumps on both sides. At this point, I often struggled to walk; I could barely stand, my labia being so terribly irritated. Still I mentioned nothing and pushed myself to walk straight and not keel over. I also noticed a great deal of clear discharge on my underwear. Still, I was naive and thought it was normal or just from puberty. When wearing pads for my period, the itch would increase so dramatically that I wanted to scream from the irritation. Still, I remained silent.
Now I am 12, and I see this to be a definite issue. The lumps are large and persist, but now appear on my right labia as well, though this labia is still small. I suppose that from all my picking and stretching my left labia increased in size? I am now very self-conscious about my hideous labia and afraid of even my parents seeing them. I still have the itch, odor, and heavy discharge and have been researching the problem for almost a year now, but nobody seems to have had the same issue.
What could this be? Can you get STD’s even without having sex?
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