What to Do if You Have Been Raped [Pandora’s Project]
Here Pandora's Project explains what to do if you have been sexually assaulted or raped.
Oatmeal bath recipe and instructions
Oat baths can help soothe an itchy, dry, cracked, fissured vulva or cuts and tears in or around your vagina.
Lichen simplex chronicus (LSC)
Contact dermatitis of the vulva can result in what's known as lichen simplex chronicus (LSC), which is itchy, thickened skin. Removing the offending irritant is the best way to solve LSC, but additional creams or soothing ointments can be used.
Clinical trials: is vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (vestibulodynia) caused by the pill? STUDY NOW CLOSED
Clinical trial seeking participants on VVS and the pill STUDY NOW CLOSED
Study: Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) for lichen sclerosus
Study being conducted on PRP for tissue healing in lichen sclerosus.
Lichen sclerosus clinical trials in progress or recruiting
Check out current clinical trials for lichen sclerosus being undertaken across the world.
Urethritis
Urethritis simply means inflammation of the urethra, and has many causes, but the most common is a urinary tract infection. Classic symptoms include burning while you urinate, urgency and frequency.
Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) (SIL, Bowen disease)
We explain what precancerous vulvar cells are, and describe their symptoms, treatments, and outcomes. Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is the starting point of cancerous cells, with a diagnosis meaning you may have to have some treatment to remove the offending cells. It does not mean you have cancer.
Urethral prolapse
Urethral prolapse is an uncommon condition that is treatable in most cases, with very good outcomes. The urethra or part of the sleeve of the urethra protrudes out, causing discomfort and urinary issues.
Labial adhesion
Labial adhesion occurs for an unknown reason in young girls, and generally resolves itself, however it may need intervention. Intervention is reasonably straightforward, and includes oestrogen creams.
Marsupialisation of a Bartholin (vestibular) gland cyst
This surgery involves cutting open a Bartholin's duct cyst, and suturing the walls to allow draining.
Marsupialisation of a vaginal cyst
Marsupialisation is a surgical technique whereby a slit is cut into an cyst and the edges are sewn onto other skin to keep it open.
Gartner’s duct cysts
Gartner's duct cysts are caused by a duct that should no longer exist after we are born, that causes a cyst to develop inside the vagina.
Ureterocele
Ureteroceles are a birth defect affecting the ureters, resulting in problems with urine flow. The connection point of the bladder and lower ureters becomes swollen, and urine flow is blocked, causing the ureters to expand like a water balloon.
Cancer treatments
Vaginal, vulvar and pelvic cancer therapies depend on the type, spread and stage of cancerous growths. Treatments for early stage cancer may include simply removing the cancer, but may involve invasive or cell-damaging treatments like chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Paget’s disease of the vulva
Paget's disease of the vulva is a rare form of vulvar cancer that develops from glandular cells. Paget's looks like a rash, red velvet with small white or pink 'islands' on vulvar tissue that may ooze or bleed. Paget's is often itchy and sore. Prognosis can be good if found
Study: Replens – a review for BV symptoms and vaginal pH (spoiler – it doesn’t work that well)
Replens does not significantly alter vaginal pH, and is not a treatment for BV, however may improve some symptoms.
Undestanding and treating cytolytic vaginosis (CV) (lactobacillus overgrowth syndrome)
Cytolytic vaginosis is a condition of problematic lactobaillus overgrowth, typically L. crispatus, causing burning and irritation.
Skoptic syndrome – genital self-mutilation
Why would someone want to cut their own genitals off? Skoptic syndrome is a part of psychological impairments whereby the urge to cut off one's own genitals is very strong.
Gishiri cutting
Gishiri cutting is a form of genital mutilation that involves cutting down the back wall of the vagina.