Numb Labia

[biggirl]

One side of my labia gets numb sometimes...what causes this? It is so weird feeling.

[Dr Steve]

One side of my labia gets numb sometimes...what causes this? It is so weird feeling.


You may have a mild case of "Pudendal Nerve Entrapment", where the nerve to the labium gets pinched causing numbness or pain. Some people will feel like there's a foreign body in the vagina or urethra. People who have had trauma to the area (childbirth, etc) or who are chronic bicycle riders are at increased risk.

Another thing that could cause this would be a sacral nerve entrapment, where the nerve is simply pinched somewhere closer to the spine. I'd expect this to be constant, though, and accompanied by back pain which you didn't report.

Here's an article on bicycle seat neuropathy (even if you don't ride a bike, this may resonate with you, let me know): http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/91896-overview

Physical therapy is generally the way to go with pudendal nerve entrapment. Talk to your OB GYN about it.

your pal,



steve

[Ritalin]

Great band name

Numb Labia.

[Willmore]

One side of my labia gets numb sometimes...what causes this? It is so weird feeling.

I'm not a doctor, but it sounds like cancer ... or what Dr Steve said.

[EliSnow]

Or Rhino has the Stay-Hard condom on inside out.

[EliSnow]

BTW, Dr. Steve, I couldn't help noticing that you have an enlarged sig pic. While there are many reasons for this condition, you need to seek treatment immediately to get it back down to normal size.

[Jujubees2]

BTW, Dr. Steve, I couldn't help noticing that you have an enlarged sig pic. While there are many reasons for this condition, you need to seek treatment immediately to get it back down to normal size.

For God's sake, this man is busy saving lives. He has no time to resize sig pics!

[strawberrypop]

I blame the yogurt.

[EliSnow]

For God's sake, this man is busy saving lives. He has no time to resize sig pics!

Well, maybe if Gvac would stop bothering him with every ailment, he'd have time!!!!

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3483/wmlogosmall.jpg

[drjoek]

Well, maybe if Gvac would stop bothering him with every ailment, he'd have time!!!!

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3483/wmlogosmall.jpg

Most of us actually GO to a doctor when we're sick Gvac subscribes to the why buy the cow when the milk is free school of medicine

[Ritalin]

Most of us actually GO to a doctor when we're sick Gvac subscribes to the why buy the cow when the milk is free school of medicine

Oh, didn't you hear?

Gvac's completely off dairy now.

[drjoek]

Oh, didn't you hear?

Gvac's completely off dairy now.

On Dr Steves advice I assume!

[Dr Steve]

BTW, Dr. Steve, I couldn't help noticing that you have an enlarged sig pic. While there are many reasons for this condition, you need to seek treatment immediately to get it back down to normal size.

I can fix it...I looked everywhere (except the right place, obviously) to find the required size, so I just guessed and tossed it up there. What's the rule on sig pics again?

[EliSnow]

I can fix it...I looked everywhere (except the right place, obviously) to find the required size, so I just guessed and tossed it up there. What's the rule on sig pics again?


I re-sized it for you:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3483/wmlogosmall.jpg

The correct size is 300 x 100 pixels.

[Dr Steve]

I re-sized it for you:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3483/wmlogosmall.jpg

The correct size is 300 x 100 pixels.

you rule, I replaced it, thanks

[RoseBlood]

You may have a mild case of "Pudendal Nerve Entrapment",where the nerve to the labium gets pinched causing numbness or pain. People who have had trauma to the area (childbirth, etc) or who are chronic bicycle riders are at increased risk.
Im never riding a bike again.

[Dr Steve]

Im never riding a bike again.

ah, I believe there is a special bike seat or two out there to prevent pudendal nerve damage. This affects male junk too:

Irwin Goldstein, professor of urology at the Boston University School of Medicine, claimed that 100,000 American men become impotent, some permanently, because they ride a bicycle. He explained that the seat presses on the pudendal nerves, crushes them and prevents messages from traveling along the nerves, causing impotence. He also claimed that "men should never ride bicycles. Riding should be banned and outlawed. It's the most irrational form of exercise I could ever bring to discussion." Several studies reported in September 2005 support Dr. Goldstein's position.
--from drmirkin.com

Well, that Golstein guy is a nut, so here's a bicycle seat to prevent junk and labia damage:

http://tipna.info/node/img/cutawayseat.jpg

here's another one you can buy from amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AO7MKM?tag=eatshitanddie-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000AO7MKM&adid=141X49T7TJB8XR6R1CNB&

[biggirl]

Im never riding a bike again.

Thank you for bringing my thread back on subject!

[Dr Steve]

Thank you for bringing my thread back on subject!

yes, well done, obviously I'm easily distracted :smile:

[MC Pee Pants]

Lemme have a crack it...we"ll see how numb it feels. They call me Johnny Quick Fingers.

[Crossweird]

http://tipna.info/node/img/cutawayseat.jpg



Let's see... So my butthole is stretched open by the cheek spreaders in the back and my balls hang inside the vice grip in the front.

No, thanks, Dr. Mengele.

[IamFogHat]

If Rhino was really a rhino that would explain it.

[Dr Steve]

Let's see... So my butthole is stretched open by the cheek spreaders in the back and my balls hang inside the vice grip in the front.

No, thanks, Dr. Mengele.

aieeeee! of course, if you're doing cross country, there's no need to stop to defecate or void your awful bladder.

[RoseBlood]

Thank you for bringing my thread back on subject!

I understand women problems. :wink: