Soma Mandal, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician with a specialty in women’s health. Blue waffle disease is an internet hoax and not a real sexually transmitted infection (STI ...

The term blue waffle disease began around 2010 when an image of blue-tinted, pus-covered, lesion-filled labia circulated online. People said it resulted from a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

People started calling it “blue waffle disease” since “waffle” is a slang term for vagina. Many doctors now use the term “STI” instead of “STD” (sexually transmitted disease.) ...

Blue waffle disease is not a real sexually transmitted infection (STI). It's an old internet hoax that was concocted by pranksters who claimed that the vagina and labia (vaginal lips) could turn ...

However, “blue waffle disease” is not a real medical condition. The people who spread this misinformation also claim that blue waffle disease causes other symptoms, such as itching and ...

The one in question back then? Blue waffle disease-basically an STD that made parts of a woman's vulva turn blue (yes, really). IDK about you, but it seems like a new sexually transmitted disease ...

The "blue waffle disease" stands out as a prime example of how quickly a hoax can gain traction in the world of internet myths and misinformation. Since 2010, the fictional condition has been ...