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Help! Sex is a pain

Q There's a lump in my vagina that hurts during sex. During my smear a nurse said it was a Bartholin's cyst, will it get better?

Jo, Richmond

Bartholin' cysts are common and harmless though can be a nuisance if they start to hurt through sex or everyday movements, or they become infected.

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