![]() ![]() You can give yourself a sitz bath in your bathtub or with a plastic kit that fits over your toilet. It can also provide relief from pain or itching in the genital area. ![]() Sitz BathsĪt this stage, the home treatment advice tends to be to take over-the-counter painkillers and to take a sitz bath 3-4 times a day.Ī sitz bath is a warm, shallow bath that cleanses the vulval area and can be used for everyday personal hygiene. In my experience this is a rather hit and miss method of treatment and, if the antibiotics cure the problem, there is no guarantee that it will not reappear. Usually, the first course of action to treat a possibly infected cyst is a course of antibiotics. I had an abscess about 10 years ago and have a small Bartholin’s cyst at present so believe me I am speaking from experience here. Great in theory but since I’m 51, rubbish in practice. The peak age for getting these delightful swines is between 20-30 and in theory, once you reach menopause the Bartholin’s Glands are supposed to shrink so that you no longer suffer this problem. For this reason, if you think you may have one you MUST go to your GP to get it checked out. Nobody seems to be entirely sure what causes these cysts – the usual suspects are all there, stress, poor hygiene, bad diet, STIs and, rarely vulval cancer. If, however, infection occurs, the result is an incredibly painful Bartholin’s abscess which may require drainage or surgery to get rid of it. You can have a Bartholin’s cyst for years without it causing you too many problems. And many cysts are not diagnosed until an examination such as a smear is carried out by a medical professional. These cysts can grow in size so that it is actually painful to sit or walk.īelieve it or not, many women don’t even know that these glands exist. Sometimes, however, these glands can become blocked which results in the formation of a Bartholin’s Cyst. This lubrication may help make sex a little more comfortable for women. ![]() Their function is to secrete mucus to lubricate the vagina. The Bartholin Glands are two pea-sized glands located slightly posterior and to the left and right of the opening of the vagina. Yes – this is one of those delightful gynaecological problems that can appear out of the blue and cause recurrent misery for years. If you have ever experienced the misery of Bartholin’s Cysts which then become Bartholin’s abscesses, you will know exactly what I am talking about. Now, ladies, this may well put you off your cornflakes but I think it needs talking about. ![]()
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