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Chronic Pelvic Pain, Vulvar Pain Disorders, and Proteomics Profiles: New Discoveries, New Hopes
Biomedicines, 2023 Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is generally defined as non-cyclic pain perceived in the pelvic area that has persisted from three to six months or longer and is unrelated to pregnancy.
Chiara Di Tucci, Ludovico Muzii
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Chronic vulvar pain in gynecological outpatients [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2022 Abstract Objectives Chronic vulvar pain (CVP) is pain in the vulvar area exceeding three months of duration. Previous studies have reported a prevalence of 7–8% in the general population and observed an association between CVP and other chronic pain, affective disorders and early life stressors.
Per Kristen, Teigen +5 more
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Chronic vulvar pain in a cohort of post-menopausal women: Atrophy or Vulvodynia? [PDF]
Womens Midlife Health, 2016 Although postmenopausal vulvar pain is frequently attributed to vaginal atrophy, such symptoms may be due to vulvodynia, a chronic vulvar pain condition. Given the limited research on vulvodynia in postmenopausal women, the objective of this study was to provide preliminary population-based data on the associations of vaginal symptoms, serum hormone ...
Mitro SD +3 more
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Pleasure despite pain: Associations between experiences of vulvar pleasure, vulvar pain, and sexual function in patients with chronic vulvar pain conditions. [PDF]
Sex Med, 2023 Abstract Background Chronic pain can occur in the vulva, one of the primary pleasure centers of the body; however, the associations between pleasurable vulvar experiences and chronic vulvar pain have not yet been explored. Aim The aim
Mautz TT +4 more
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A Role for Bradykinin Signaling in Chronic Vulvar Pain. [PDF]
J Pain, 2016 Chronic vulvar pain is alarmingly common in women of reproductive age and is often accompanied by psychological distress, sexual dysfunction, and a significant reduction in quality of life. Localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) is associated with intense vulvar pain concentrated in the vulvar vestibule (area surrounding vaginal opening).
Falsetta ML +6 more
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Potential for Selection Bias in Studies of the Association of Hormonal Contraception and Chronic Vulvar Pain. [PDF]
J Womens Health (Larchmt), 2022 Background: Hormonal contraceptive use is common among reproductive-aged women, but research evaluating its etiological relationship to vulvodynia remains mixed. We sought to evaluate this association and examine the potential for bias due to care-seeking behavior.
Bond JC +4 more
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Does age moderate self-pain enmeshment in chronic pain patients? [PDF]
, 2013 Research has demonstrated that chronic pain can compromise identity by becoming enmeshed and centralised with pain. Pain-identity enmeshment and pain-identity centrality are associated with greater affective distress and poorer chronic pain adjustment ...
Perry, Mark Paul
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Treatment of radiation-induced vulvar pain via pudendal nerve block under fluoroscopic guidance
Urology Case Reports, 2020 Vulvar pain is a common complaint in women during reproductive and post-reproductive years. A 70-year-old woman experienced severe intractable vulvar pain after bladder cancer surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy.
Ji Hyeong Yu +4 more
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The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2022 ABSTRACT Introduction Vulvar pain conditions are associated with pain-related anxiety and other psychosocial symptoms, which can have far-ranging effects on personal well-being and interpersonal relationships.
T Mautz, C Pukall, J Krapf, A Goldstein
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Perceived Stereotyping and Seeking Care for Chronic Vulvar Pain [PDF]
Pain Medicine, 2013 We examined stereotyping of chronic pain sufferers among women aged 18-40 years and determined whether perceived stereotyping affects seeking care for women with chronic vulvar pain.Cross-sectional study using a community-based survey of vulvodynia asking if "Doctors think that people with chronic pain exaggerate their pain," and if "People believe ...
Ruby H N, Nguyen +4 more
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