Bartholin's Cyst

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Care

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO

• A small piece of gauze is left over the area so that it can continue to drain. Do not remove the gauze until the doctor says it's okay.
• Put warm, moist towels on the area or sit in a tub of warm water. This helps ease the pain and discomfort. Do this for 10 to 20 minutes several times a day.
• You may want to use a panty liner to keep from staining your underwear.

Call Your Doctor If...

• You have pain, redness, swelling, drainage, or bleeding in the area of the cyst and it is getting worse.
• You have tenderness or pain in the folds of skin around your vagina (the labia), you have pain with sex, or your labia are swollen.
• You get chills or a have a high temperature.