Bartholinitis is a disease of the gland located on the threshold of the vagina. The disease can be acute, subacute and recurrent. The course of this disease depends on the site of the lesion, resulting in inflammation of the excretory duct of the bartholin gland, abscess or cyst of the gland.
More often, the disease is one-sided, and in the case of a bilateral phenomenon, one can suspect a gonorrheal infection. Usually at the beginning of bartholinitis there is a canal, which eventually develops into a disease with more severe consequences. Canaliculitis does not affect the general condition of the woman, but at the onset of the disease, redness appears around the outlet of the gland duct opening and an unusual secret is emerging from the inflamed area, rapidly becoming purulent. The swelling rapidly increases, as a result of which the outflow of secret is disturbed, and the inflammatory process quickly spreads to the gland and leads to bartholinitis.
Chronic bartholinitis - symptoms
To determine the disease in time, you need to know the symptoms that indicate chronic Bartholinitis. The main signs of this disease include:
- weak aching pain on the side affected by the disease;
- painful sensations during sexual intercourse;
- unpleasant sensations in the region of the external genital organs during movement;
- swelling of the inflamed labia;
- neoplasm on the labia majora from the affected side;
- the appearance of a large gland cyst outside the vagina, which can open itself after 4-5 days.
Such symptoms can begin to manifest themselves under certain factors, such as, for example, hypothermia, menstruation, and others. But in addition to all the above mentioned signs, the general health condition may worsen, for which the characteristic temperature increase, chills, headaches, weakness of the whole body.
Bartholinitis - symptoms and treatment
When a woman has symptoms of bartholinitis, it is worthwhile to consult a specialist for examination, after which the doctor will prescribe the correct treatment for this stage of the disease. If the lump on the labia opens itself, then the woman feels better immediately. But this does not mean that the visit to the doctor should be canceled, because the abscess can not be opened outside, but inside, which threatens with serious consequences.
Depending on the severity of the disease, the treatment can be surgical or conservative. If you treat bartholinitis without surgery, then it is worth to follow all the recommendations of the doctor, whose goal is to reduce pain and swelling of the affected area, as well as to remove symptoms of intoxication. In addition, the doctor prescribes methods that help prevent the formation of an abscess and the cyst of the vaginal forehead. In this case, treatment is carried out with antibiotics, as well as with anesthetics and antipyretic drugs. Local treatment with compresses with ice, saline solution, Levomycol and Vishnevsky ointment is also used.
If the disease is at a neglected stage, then surgery is required,
When treating bartholinitis, you need to remember personal hygiene. Sexual acts are best avoided until full recovery, because you can put the infection in the internal sexual organs, cause a relapse of the disease and infect the sexual partner.