Hello everyone,
I’m currently freaking out about something and I need some support…I’ve had very bad health anxiety for as long as I can remember. I’ve worried about the following things in the last 5-6 years:
HIV (the most major one)
Skin cancer
Herpes
Lymphoma
Heart problems
Numerous other cancers
At the moment I’m worried about vulvar cancer. I’m 21 years old, 22 in December. Several months ago I noticed that I had 2 very small, flat, brown spots on my vulva. You can kinda see through the spots, they are not darkly pigmented. They are not near each other. They don’t feel any different than the skin around them. I have had no itching, pain, discharge or any other symptoms. I do not know how long these spots have been here, they could have been there all my life as far as I know. They look like birthmarks to me, but I’m scared that they are something more than that.
I can’t get to a gyno until early November, but I have a dermatologist appointment for something else this coming Wednesday. I plan on asking my derm about the spots. I’m particularly afraid that they are vulvar melanoma, even though they do not resemble a typical melanoma.
I know that vulvar cancer is generally considered rare and is found mostly in older women, however I’m scared to death. What do you guys think?