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Yesterday morning, i awoke with a swollen left labia. it feels like a knot under the skin & looks like the pictures of a bartholin's cyst i have seen. i am also experiencing a slightly bloody discharge & a low grade fever. it is painful, but no itching, b

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Bartholinitis: This is probably a bartholinitis, an infection of the Bartholin's gland. Treatment requires antibiotics, and sometimes drainage. You should see the gynecologist for treatment.

Answered 2/18/2015

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A member asked:

Yesterday morning, i awoke with a swollen left labia. it feels like a knot under the skin & looks like the pictures of a bartholin's cyst i have seen. i am also experiencing a slightly bloody discharge & a low grade fever. it is painful, but no itching, b

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Ziad Akl answered

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