Sorry - TMI. Boil on labia question...

[MrsMuddle]

I'm in agony. I have a boil on my labia, caused I think by wearing itchy pants and too-tight jeans on Saturday.

It's sore when I walk and sore when I sit down, and I can't even see it properly, because the only portable mirror I have is in a make-up compact. DH has had a look and says it's very swollen with a yellow head on it. (lovely!)

I can't get a doc appoitment till next Tuesday, but I'm delivering training on Monday to 15 people who have paid a lot to be there, and I can't let them down. I also can't train when I'm in this much pain.

Is there anything I can get over the counter? I don't think I need something to draw out the pus (told you it was TMI!), but something to get rid of the infection.

There is a drop-in sexual health clinic nearby - could I go there or would they laugh at me?

Please answer - I feel pathetic, but it's really sore.

go to drop in clinic. they'll sort you out.
you cant just keep it till tues, some things have to be sorted right away and i think this qualifies!

I've had this- and didn't bother with the doc, I popped it myself as it was a bank holiday Saturday. Does it feel like there's a hard lump?

and they never laugh in those places.
i spect it gets boring after a while

No, there's no hard lump - it feels like an open wound. I will go to drop-in. Thanks. Just wasn't sure if it was only for emergency contraception etc.

I have had one of these two so your not alone I used a needle heated over the gas hob and stuck it in the squeezed (it bloody hurt) but I am too much of a wuss to go to the docs or a clinic! it felt so much better afterwards though

Get it seen, in case it is one of these

That link - the size of an egg!!!???!!!

What a nightmare! OP hope you don't have one of those cyst things and recover v soon!

Ouch, you poor thing. I have two friends who had a similar affliction and both needed medical attention. So I think the STD clinic - or A&E - might be worth a try.

SORRY - shouldn't have said STD clinic - obv mean sexual health clinic! And they won't turn a hair, honestly.

unless it is necessary of course hester

people who work in GUM are lovely, go there. You poor thing.

MM, I had one each time I was pregnant. Another option is to put a hot, wet towel on it as a compress and it quite often goes down, if only temporarily.

had one many many years ago called a Bartholins Cyst - went to A&E and they lanced it had to stay in overnight though - fond memories !!! Good luck

if i was you i'd get a very hot bath and i bet ya it bursts it, then there will be no pain as the pain is caused by the pressure of the fluid IYSWIM, when its burst though, be sure you rub on some antibacterial cream every now and then to save it from getting infected

SparklyBauble, this is no laughing matter

i had a bartholin cyst & they operated to get rid of it. i went to a&e, would reccommend it.

I think it might be getting smaller [deluded wimp-out emoticon]!

Was on my way to sexual health drop-in today when school phoned to say they had no heating and were closing. And the school is closed tomorrow too so I won't get there till Friday.

I'm going to try a hot bath, but santaslittlehelpersmum's hot needle story made my buttocks clench!

Try adding salt to the bath water (quite a lot).

Hey, I was unwell once and all my fingertips were puss filled around the nails. (horrible!!) I got magnesuim sulphate paste (im sure - it was about 8 years ago though) from the docs, it looked like PVA glue. But it worked.