What Is Vulva
Health Encyclopedia: Vulva
The vulva is the external female genitalia, including the labia ("lips" or folds of skin), clitoris, and the urethral and vaginal openings.
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Vagina Lumps & Bumps: What are they?
By Dr. Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert...concern of women are bumps that they discover on the vulva. Before you panic, know that there... Read more »
Genital Herpes During Pregnancy
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...infected with the herpes virus is via the birth canal or vulva. In rare cases the virus can pass... Read more »
It Hurts, Burns, Can't Think About Sex....Help!!
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...without suffering, can't think about sex pain in the vulvar area. The opening of your vagina,... Read more »
Herpes and Your Menstrual Cycle
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert...or a numbness or pain in the genital area (vagina, vulva, penis, scrotum) or buttocks. Others... Read more »
Bumps on the Vagina: How to know if it is Serious
By Merely Me , Health Expert...vagina be cancer? It is highly unlikely. Vulvar cancer is rare according to the Mayo... Read more »
Health Guide
Genital Warts and HPV
...up as one or more painless fleshy growths. · In girls -- Warts can pop up on the vulva, vaginal introitus (entrance), labia majora and minora, perineum (the skin between the... Read more »The Long and Short of It
...much greater frequency than vaginal ones. That's right, clitoral -- that means outside and above the vulva -- and the length of your probe has nothing do with your ability to stimulate that... Read more »Cervical Cancer: Causes
...(condylomata) that rarely lead to cancer. (These warts usually affect the woman's genitals, the vagina, and vulva, rather than the cervix.)Of the high-risk types, HPV types 18 and 16 have long... Read more »Cancer: vulva
...Ulcer , thickening or lump Usually on the labia majora May be anywhere on the vulva Local itching, pain, burning, bleeding Pain with urination... Read more »Herpes Simplex: Symptoms
...associated with HSV.)Specific Symptoms of Genital HerpesGenital herpes, which typically affects the penis, vulva, or rectum, is usually caused by HSV-2, although the rate of HSV-1 genital... Read more »
Medications
...vagina, and the area around the outside of the vagina (vulva). It is also used to prevent... Read more »
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