vch

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Saturday May 10th, 2008 @ 7:17 AM

Filed under: Female Genital

I got a vch over 2 years ago. It got a little torn about 2weeks ago but in the past week it’s become VERY swollen, and there’s lots of yellow gunk coming out of it.I’ve been cleaning it and salt water soaks. It’s not very sore. My piercer is about 100 miles away, and it’d be at least 10 days before I could get there. I’m going to go to the doctors as soon as possible. Help? I’m really worried…especially with the amount of swelling.

It’s quite a vascular area down there, so any trauma can result in marked localised swelling. The fact that it isn’t too painful is a good indicator that things may not be as bad as you think and discharge from infection does tend to be greenish yellowy brown and foul-smelling, however, I would still err on the side of caution and visit your doctor. You may also beneift from a longer piece of jewellery until the swelling subsides. Keep up with the twice daily seasalt soaks. For future reference, once it is all healed and happy you might want to consider tapering it up to a larger gauge (discuss this with your piercer on your next visit) as that may reduce the likelihood of future trauma.

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