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my swollen labia wont let me clean the discharge!

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I got diagnosed with herpes 3 days ago.

I'm 19, and got diagnosed in early July. I generally love living...

07/22/08
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Topics:Genital HerpesAdvicedischargecleaningpainful

my open sores have made my labia swell up really bad. ive been having a smelly off-color discharge all through my outbreak which i used to clean up with tissue and Qtips. now the labia have swollen up too bad and it hurts to pull them apart so cleaning is hard. sitz baths dont seems to cleanse out the discharge either. any ideas?

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There are two types of HSV, HSV type 1 and 2, and both can cause genital herpes.

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