Vagina papules inside vagina?? Why?

[Struggling111]

Hi all have any women- please any one else been told they have vagina papules??
I started having itching burning symptoms straight after a assult that wasn’t protected. Doctors could find nothing but high risk hpv at 3 months past the assult. I still am uncomfortable, I was worried it was warts and my doc said I could get warts in the next year or not but they can’t do anything for symtpoms like itching- they can only treat visible hpv and I did not have any at the time.

I had new growths 8 months after assult and was conviced warts so went to clinic a week or so ago and all tests negative again and doc was certain that what she could see was normal vaginal papules and said not to worry.

Problem is I can’t find anything on papules online besides vestibular papules - like the male version of pearly peanile papules.

I have these stem like growths all around my hymen inside my vagina. If I look up papules nothing looks like them. Has anyone had papules inside the vagina?? And what causes this? Online it says hpv can cause papules. I feel so upset and uncomfortable down there everyday and don’t know what else to do. Do you think it’s a misdiagnosis? What would you do? I have discharge and itching burning feeling everyday I can’t help relate to the assult and feel so mad that I was diseased by some a hole who thought he could and didn’t care about me or my life or body.

Sorry for the rant any help would be much appreciated

[Capriquarius15]

You should definitely, go to a different doctor. Possibly a high rated OBGYN in your local area or one that you can at least get to. Or even someone who is educated on stds.

[specialmom]

It's my understanding that papules in the vagina can absolutely be benign and of no concern.  Whether they are new or not, this is likely the case for you.  I say this in a way that I hope it is taken as I intend, but do you think that perhaps anxiety and stress could be playing a role in why you don't 'feel right"?  I am really happy you are seeing a psychologist and suspect the same thing. The event was traumatic, clearly, and understandably so.  And now it is impacting you in ways through the stress and anxiety.  I would keep working with your psychologist to help understand this aspect to the assault and why you are having physical things you A. notice (which we do when we hyper focus) and B. that show up due to anxiety and worry.  You've done due diligence in checking things out but had you found these before, you'd key into the numerous websites that state clearly that they are most typically nothing at all to worry about.  I feel for you and am sorry this all happened.  

[Struggling111]

Thankyou for responding. I did speak to another health professional today whom I’ve seen before at the clinic to get a referral to a derm specialist that I’m booked into for tomorrow, so hopefully she will confirm (I hope)that they are just normal papules.. and then from then I will have to learn how to manage all this- the trauma does seem to be manifesting into body problems. It’s just awful to feel like it but I’m going to try my hardest to get past this and live again. Thanks for your reply. I’ll let you know how my dermatologist appointment goes, she is very qualified and diagnosis skin cancers and specialisis in vulva disorders etc so I think she’s the person for me to see

[specialmom]

HPV is not uncommon but it is unfortunate that you have it.  Luckily, today's children are vaccinated against it.   I guess the itching is your main concern?  Have you been swabbed lately for yeast?  That also can cause irritation and things as they heal in the genital area can itch.   The papules perhaps were also there and you just never had done so much analysis of your genitals before.  A doctor has examined them and is not concerned?  

[Struggling111]

Yes I been tested for everything and nothing coming up that’s what I don’t understand. That is true that in past I never analysed down there.. but since the assult I did like most days, saw a gyn three times and see couldn’t see anything and told me to check like one a month or every few months-that was in March maybe. So I checked a few weeks ago and the papsule things were new, never seen them before. And showed my partner because I always freak out and he hadn’t seen them before either and I got him to check in January and they weren’t there. That’s why I am concerned. But I’m seeing a dermatologist to get another opinion next week. I am concerned because I just don’t feel right and don’t know what is happening to my body. My psychologist said it could just be symptomatic disorder which I understand but now with the new growths I need to see why I have them now and what they actually are by a specialist. Hopefully it’s nothing but I don’t know. Thankyou so much for responding