I am just wondering what a swollen (a little not majorly) labia means? I havent had sex yet or done anything.
I was just wondering to be sure that nothin is wrong.
I was just wondering to be sure that nothin is wrong.
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It could be yeast infection. Virgins can also suffer from overgrowth of yeast becasue it is not a sexually transmitted disease. Yeast overgrowth occurs after an antibiotic treatment, douching, wearing non-cotton panties, etc.
Yeast infection is treatable but you need to see a doc to get a proper treatment. If you don't get it treated, it could progress to bacterial vaginosis!
Yeast infection is treatable but you need to see a doc to get a proper treatment. If you don't get it treated, it could progress to bacterial vaginosis!
This has happened to me before lots of times. The first time it happened I was really alarmed. (It gets REALLY swollen sometimes). But it turns out I just have really sensitive skin and it seems to be an allergic reaction. Like if I'm around dust, and maybe I scratched down there, or wiped or was getting dressed and my hand grazed the skin I'll get that reaction.
Obviously if you have other symptoms, etc. I'd get it checked out. One thing to keep in mind is that if you've done any other things sexually, even if you haven't had intercourse, you can still catch HPV (it's very, very common actually), and when HPV causes harmful skin changes it can cause itching. So if the itching becomes persistent, you'd want to get it checked.
Obviously if you have other symptoms, etc. I'd get it checked out. One thing to keep in mind is that if you've done any other things sexually, even if you haven't had intercourse, you can still catch HPV (it's very, very common actually), and when HPV causes harmful skin changes it can cause itching. So if the itching becomes persistent, you'd want to get it checked.