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Another embarassing one i'm afraid...

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colesey1234 · 12/11/2007 20:52

OK, here goes? I have been a bit itchy in the nether regions for a number of months but nothing to write home about. Comes and goes so no big deal. However today it has been unbearable and as soon as I got home I got the mirror out to have a look. I have brown dark marks, mainly on the inside of my labia, they look like large freckles and the itchiness seems to concentrate around these areas. They def were not there last time I looked! I feel like somebody has put nettles on me and it is making me shiver. Looked on Google and surprisingly enough vulval melanoma comes out tops. Will have to go to docs tomorrow but Pleaseee has anybody else had this???

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belgo · 12/11/2007 20:55

stay away from google! Iirc, vuval melanoma is VERY unusual.

go to the doctors tomorrow.

Thrush causes itchiness.

hayCHingleBells · 12/11/2007 20:58

Have you scratched yourself and made the marks from itching so much? Maybe you did it in your sleep?

Maidamess · 12/11/2007 20:59

Could those dark brown marks be varicose veins? Probably TMI but I developed those 'down there' with pregnancy no.3. They are slightly raised bumps, and have not gone away after 4 years. Perhaps the itch is thrush, and you've just discovered these? Or have they always been there?

belgo · 12/11/2007 21:00

it could well be varicose veins.

cornsilk · 12/11/2007 21:02

you might just be reacting to your washing powder! My money's on thrush!

mummyblueyes · 12/11/2007 21:03

Colesey - I had this on and off for years, asked nurse, doc etc but no-one had any advice. Eventually I went to gynae for other reason and he looked and said I had lichen sclerosis. Although my marks were more purple than brown (where the skin was damaged).

After a few months of steroid cream I'm healed!! But the purpley brown 'freckles' remain!

colesey1234 · 12/11/2007 21:05

Hi, no they are def not through itching, the area around the marks is not red at all. Plus I am being very good although I want to scratch myself raw at the moment, can hardly sit still.
I don't have any other symptoms, mo discharge or smell etc. Not sure about the varicose veins, they look just like brown flatish marks. Last pregnancy (no2) over 2.5 yrs ago and these have only just arrived.

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