Vaginal Problems - Check Your Symptoms
If you answer yes to any of the following questions, click on the "Yes" in front of the question for information about how soon to see a health professional.
Review health risks that may increase the seriousness of your symptoms.
If you have any of the following symptoms, evaluate those symptoms first.
- You are pregnant or think you might be pregnant: Go to the topic Pregnancy-Related Problems.
- You have
symptoms of a sexually transmitted disease (STD): Go
to the topic
Exposure to Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
- Do not have sex until you have been treated by your doctor.
- Your partner or partners may need to be evaluated and possibly treated as well.
- Burning with urination, frequent urination, or flank pain: Go to the topic Urinary Problems, Age 12 and Older.
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If you plan to see a doctor, do not douche, use vaginal creams or suppositories, or have sex for 48 hours before your appointment. |
Do you have pelvic or lower abdominal pain with other symptoms?
Do you think your vaginal symptoms may be caused by sexual abuse?
Do you have a rash, sore, blister, or lump in your vaginal area?
Do you have vaginal itching or a change in your vaginal discharge?
Do you think you have a vaginal infection?
Do you think your vaginal symptoms may be caused by a medicine?
Do you feel a bulging into your vagina or increased pelvic pressure with movement?
Do you have pain or bleeding with sex?
Are you unable to remove an object from your vagina?
Do you have vaginal symptoms that have not improved with treatment?
If you have any of the following symptoms, evaluate those symptoms first.
WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise
Vaginal Problems Topics
ENABLEX is a prescription medicine used in adults to treat the following symptoms due to a condition called overactive bladder:
- · having a strong need to go to the bathroom right away (also called "urgency")
- · leaks or wetting accidents (also called "urinary incontinence")
- · having to go to the bathroom too often (also called "urinary frequency")
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
You should not take once-daily ENABLEX if you have certain types of stomach problems, glaucoma, or have trouble emptying your bladder. Side effects of ENBLEX include blurred vision, and more commonly dry mouth, constipation, indigestion, and abdominal pain. Use caution when doing certain activities until you know how ENBALEX affects you.
VIVELLE-DOT (estradiol transdermal system) IS AVAILABLE BY PRESCRPTION ONLY.
INDICATION
Vivelle-Dot is used after menopause to: reduce moderate to severe hot flashes; treat moderate to severe dryness, itching and burning in or around the vagina; help reduce your chances of getting osteoporosis (thin weak bones); and treat certain conditions in which a young woman's ovaries do not produce enough estrogens naturally. Vivelle-Dot 0.025 mg/day is only used to prevent osteoporosis from menopause. If you use Vivelle-Dot only to treat your dryness, itching, and burning in and around your vagina or if you use Vivelle-Dot only to prevent osteoporosis from menopause, talk with your healthcare professional about whether a different treatment or medicine without estrogens might be better for you.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Estrogens increase the chances of getting cancer of the uterus (womb). Report any unusual vaginal bleeding right away while you are taking estrogens. Vaginal bleeding after menopause may be a warning sign of cancer of the uterus (womb).
Do not use estrogens with or without progestins to prevent heart disease, heart attacks, or strokes. Using estrogens with or without progestins may increase your chances of getting heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, and blood clots. Using estrogens with progestins may increase your risk of dementia (decline in memory and thinking skills).
Vivelle-Dot should not be used if you have unusual vaginal bleeding; currently have or have had certain cancers, including cancer of the breast or uterus; had a stroke or heart attack in the recent past (for example, in the past year); currently have or have had blood clots; currently have or have had liver problems; or think you may be, or know that you are, pregnant.
The most common side effects that may occur with Vivelle-Dot are headache, breast tenderness, and back pain.
You and your healthcare professional should talk regularly about whether you still need treatment with Vivelle-Dot.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see Full Prescribing Information for Vivelle-Dot.


