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Paresthesia caused by small infection

Hi everyone and Merry Christmas to you all (soon)!

I feel fortunate to have been able to register on this forum.
I am a young girl in her 20s suffering from neuropathic pain in the groin area (yey me).
I have seen at least 20 doctors so far, from ER/A&E to walk in clinics, etcetera and no help. I kept asking them for LYRICA but they want me to try elavil first.
I am still changing doctors and waiting for a new hospital referral.
London isn't so great when it comes to chronic pain (3 and 1/2 months now means I am chronically in pain)
I had a tiny bartholin cyst rupture and the localised infection irritated the whole area and what started as pain and inflammation casued by pressure has now developed into PARESTHESIAS. I take 50 mk Elavil/amitriptyline and it is helping, but I remain sexually dysfunctional (good bye dating).

does anyone know if nerves damaged by infection heal?

thank you all

Nice to meet you!!

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mary jane,

:Wave-Hello: It is great to have you come and be with us. You will fine a great number of dear friends to listen when you are in need of ears. Please, just let us know how we can help you out. You will find out we are supportive and relaxing place.

Please keep us up to date on your situation. Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you. :smileypray:

Darlene :hug:

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Originally Posted by mary jane (Post 1038720)

Hi, I had two bartholin cysts at around the same age as you, many years ago now, but I remember well the swelling and the pain. I had surgery after months of complaining and the surgeon created an extra "hole" for the excess fluid to drain, it's never closed up and I never had problems once he did that. It's a tiny area to small for anyone to be wondering at if up that close lol.. I was put on antibiotics for ages from memory they were called Flagyl. Endep or amytriptyline was used for the pain but I developed side effects, tingling of the nerves which made it unbearable. In later years for another condition I was on 10mg endep it's the blue tablet and I didn't get the tingling with it. Nerves can heal and I'm so sorry you have that buzzing sensation, read up on amytriptyline / endep side effects and maybe it's what is contributing to the buzzing as it sure did to me. I lived in Central London for 15 years, if you can get a referral to a Dr Kenny who used to have rooms at the Lister hospital in Chelsea, he literally saved my life with other gynea problems I had in later years.

thank you for your reply Pamela, I will look into that doctor, I have only seen useless OBGYNs until now. yeah, sometimes I think the pain has been replaced by buzzing with the amitriptyline :)

thanks. So glad to hear your marsupialisation worked for you and the gland from hell!