Chronic Vulvar Pain After Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Retrospective Study [PDF]
Sexual Medicine, 2021 : Introduction: Chronic vulvar pain is a condition that affects many women during their lifetime, including women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C).
Yara Bazzoun, MD +2 more
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Genitofemoral neuralgia: adding to the burden of chronic vulvar pain [PDF]
Journal of Pain Research, 2015 Hans Verstraelen,1 Eline De Zutter,1 Martine De Muynck2 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vulvovaginal Disease Clinic, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; 2Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ghent University Hospital ...
Verstraelen H, De Zutter E, De Muynck M
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Chronic Vulvar Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Vulvodynia [PDF]
Life, 2023 The aim of this study was to investigate the severity of chronic vulvar pain in women with vulvodynia and its impact on their health-related quality of life (QL). The study group consisted of 76 women aged 19 to 58.
Gabriela Patla +3 more
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Chronic stress increases the susceptibility to chronic vulvar pain following acute vulvar inflammation in a preclinical model of vulvodynia [PDF]
Molecular BrainPsychological distress and chronic stress were suggested to contribute to the pathophysiology of idiopathic pain conditions such as provoked vulvodynia (PV). The comorbidity of PV and mood disorder is quite common.
Yaseen Awad-Igbaria +9 more
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Care Seeking for Chronic Vulvar Pain Among a Large, Population-Based Sample of Reproductive-Aged Women. [PDF]
J Womens Health (Larchmt), 2022 Bond JC, Harlow BL, White KO.
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Erosive vulvar lichen planus improved with topical ruxolitinib: A case report [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsLichen planus is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disorder, and vulvar lichen planus (VLP) is a debilitating subtype often refractory to standard therapy.
Rahila Shaikh, Carly Kirshen
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021 Summary:. Although primary vulvovaginal reconstruction after vulvectomy has high potential to improve patients’ outcomes, flap reconstruction is not an established part of the current standard treatment for vulvar cancer.
Solji Roh, MD +4 more
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Contact hypersensitivity to oxazolone provokes vulvar mechanical hyperalgesia in mice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The interplay among pain, allergy and dysregulated inflammation promises to yield significant conceptual advances in immunology and chronic pain. Hapten-mediated contact hypersensitivity reactions are used to model skin allergies in rodents but have not ...
Tijana Martinov +8 more
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Vulvodynia: when a training program to increase muscle mass in the lower limbs does some good!
AboutOpen, 2023 Vulvodynia is a chronic pain condition, without clearly identifiable and visible causes, associated with disability, sexual disfunction, and impaired quality of life.
Lara Tiranini +5 more
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Immune mechanisms in vulvodynia: key roles for mast cells and fibroblasts
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023 Vulvodynia is a debilitating condition characterized by painful sensitivity to touch and pressure in the vestibular tissue surrounding the vaginal opening.
Elena Tonc +4 more
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