![]() One reason the blue waffle myth may have spread so quickly is because of the fear and confusion surrounding STIs and sexual health. Other supposed symptoms of blue waffle vary depending on the source and so does how it’s spread, all of the details changing over time like a giant game of telephone. The blue refers to one of the alleged symptoms, and waffle is slang for vagina. If you do an image search, you’ll find (fake) pictures of blue waffle on the Internet. about a fictional sexually transmitted infection (STI). It is an urban legend, a myth, a tall tale, a rumor, a hoax, etc. “Blue waffle,” or “blue waffle disease,” is many things, but real is not one of them. In any case, this is not the typical appearance of any STD or any condition of the vagina or vulva.Ĭolumbia University’s Go Ask Alice! Health column also notes that “blue waffle disease” is a hoax: On the other hand, the entire thing could be ‘photoshopped,’ and nothing in it represents anything ‘real.’ That could also be from force, or it could be an STD that presents with a lesion on the vulva. It even appears that there might be some sort of laceration on her right labia, a “cut” of sorts, but again it’s unclear. Additionally, there appears to be one or two lesions, which could be an STD of some sort (for example, a herpes lesion), although it is certainly not clear from the picture. I can’t say, obviously, if that is the case here, but bruising certainly wouldn’t be bright blue. ![]() It is possible that a bluish appearance to external genitalia could be from bruising, which could result from force, most likely from a sexual assault. The common belief among medical professionals with whom I have spoken or e-mailed about this is that it is a hoax the picture and “fake” disease used to lure people into some web site. I had never heard of this until you wrote to our section and asked about it. There is no disease that causes a blue appearance on the external genitalia. ![]() There is no disease known as “blue waffle disease,” in the medical world. Amy Whitaker, an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology at the University of Chicago Hospital, said of the widely circulated “blue waffles” image that: As reported in the Women’s Health Foundation blog, Dr. Whatever the origins of the photo, “blue waffle disease” is a bit of fiction and not a known symptom or result of any type of STD-related infection. ![]() Much discussion ensured about whether the photograph was real or a digital manipulation, and, if the former, whether it really pictured an infection (rather than, say, bruising resulting from rape or some other form of trauma). The infection could cause lesions on the outside of the vagina, as well as bruising, which causes it to look blue in color.” It’s basically a slang term for an extremely nasty or severe vaginal infection/STD on the vagina. A ‘blue waffle’ is a slang term for a severe vaginal infection. “A ‘waffle’ is a slang term for a vagina. There is a rumor going around about a new STD called “Blue Waffle.” References to “Blue Waffle Disease” hit the Internet around March 2010 when an image ( disturbing image warning) of scabbed, blue-tinted labia was circulated along with the claim that the image pictured a type of vaginal infection resulting from a sexually transmitted disease (a condition which was supposedly common enough that it had been identified and given the slang name “blue waffle disease”): In April 2013, New Jersey city councilperson Kathy McBride became the object of some derision when, according to the Trentonian, she reported at a city council meeting that she had received an “alarming call” from a constituent who wanted to know “what was the City of Trenton doing about an epidemic that’s called the Blue Waffle Disease?” McBride was mocked for taking the issue seriously and not recognizing that she had apparently been taken in by an April Fool’s prank. ![]()
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