If a Bartholin’s gland cyst gets infected, it can form an abscess. An abscess is a pocket of pus that can cause a lump to form on the vulva. Symptoms of an abscess include: ...

WEARING your knickers to bed is extremely common for young women. Around half (49%) of 18-24 year old women wear just ...

A woman was left in unbearable pain and rushed to hospital after a pair of her knickers she wore to bed resulted in an ...

doctors used an ultrasound wand to confirm a 4.8cm Bartholin cyst - a fluid-filled blockage in a Bartholin's gland in the labia - had formed. Meanwhile blood work showed she had a 'raging ...

Kaela says it was the worst pain she has ever experience and three months later the symptoms started to come back ...

We’re all guilty of sleeping in our underwear from time to time, but for 26-year-old Kaela this simple habit left her hospitalised in ‘excruciating’ pain. She slept in underwear she’d worn ‘100 times ...

they discovered a 4.8cm Bartholin cyst - a fluid-filled blockage in a Bartholin's gland in the labia - which led to a "raging" infection. If it had been left untreated, Kaela was at risk of sepsis.