"I thought I had a bad case of thrush - it turned out to be rare vulval cancer"
A woman was diagnosed with stage three vulval cancer - after thinking she just had a bad case of thrush.
Pippa Sharp, 49, found she was experiencing recurring thrush in August 2022 - causing a sore, hard spot on her left labia.
She was prescribed antibiotics by her GP - but four days later, realised the spot wasn’t going away.
Her doctor referred her for a biopsy which initially revealed stage one vulval cancer, but a scan later showed it had spread to the lymph nodes in her groin.
Pippa, from Leeds, UK, wants people to know more about the deadly disease, so they can catch it at an earlier stage than she did.
Pippa Sharp, 49, found she was experiencing recurring thrush in August 2022 - causing a sore, hard spot on her left labia.
She was prescribed antibiotics by her GP - but four days later, realised the spot wasn’t going away.
Her doctor referred her for a biopsy which initially revealed stage one vulval cancer, but a scan later showed it had spread to the lymph nodes in her groin.
Pippa, from Leeds, UK, wants people to know more about the deadly disease, so they can catch it at an earlier stage than she did.
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