Hello doctor,I am 34 year old female weighing 300 pounds. My height is 5\2". I have a vaginal issue that I need advice about. I have a knot that keeps coming up just on the outside of my vagina, and it eventually bursts and bleeds for a while. This has happened twice now, and it has really started to scare me. The knot hurts really bad before it bursts. What can I do for this? Is it something serious that I need to go to the gynecologist?
Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor forum. From the description you have given, it appears to be either Bartholin\s abscess or a boil. Both cases can be recurrent if immunity is low, most common cause being diabetes mellitus. Following is my advice for managing the symptoms: 