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The Recurrent Pain and Sexual Sequelae of Provoked Vestibulodynia: A Perpetuating Cycle

The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2012
ABSTRACT Introduction Optimal management of provoked vestibulodynia (PVD), thought to be the most common form of chronic dyspareunia, is unclear. Aim To integrate recent brain data on chronic pain circuitry with ...
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Does Botulinum Toxin A Injections Into The Pelvic Floor Muscles of Women with Chronic Genitopelvic Pain and Vaginal Spasm Improve Pain and Sexual Functioning? [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this evidenced based medicine review is to determine whether or not botulinum toxin A injections into the pelvic floor muscles of women with chronic genitopelvic pain and vaginal spasm improve pain and sexual functioning ...
Broadbent, Emily R
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Dysregulation in Sphingolipid Signaling Pathways is Associated With Symptoms and Functional Connectivity of Pain Processing Brain Regions in Provoked Vestibulodynia. [PDF]

J Pain, 2021
Labus JS, Mayer EA, Tillisch K, Aagaard KM, Stains J, Broniowska K, Van Remortel C, Tun G, Rapkin A.   +8 more
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Confessions. Structural mechanisms for regulation, interpretation and knowledge of vulvar pain [PDF]

, 2013
Vulvar pain has been known of for thousands of years but the general knowledge of vulvar pain is limited and the condition receives less medical attention than other disorders.
Fingalsson, Rebecka
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Vulvodynia, Genital Eczema and Lichen Sclerosus: What are the Successful Treatments from a Patient’s Perspective? [PDF]

Background Genital pain treatment regimens range from local or systemic pharmacological to non-pharmacological, manual and psychosexual therapies with poor to moderate evidence for their efficiency.
Berger, Vera Christina, Betschart, Cornelia, Fierz, Ronja, Kolm, Isabel, Leeners, Brigitte   +4 more
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PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE ACTIVATION IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE APPLIED AT THE VULVAR VESTIBULE IN WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT PROVOKED VESTIBULODYNIA.

Continence, 2023
F Ignacio Antonio, M Petter Rodrigues, L Mitri, S Kannathas, D Allard, A Lake MacDonald, F Tremblay, C Pukall, L McLean   +8 more
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UNDERSTANDING VULVODYNIA: DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES AND MULTIMODAL INTERVENTIONS [PDF]

Background: Vulvodynia is defined as vulvar pain lasting at least three months and remains a challenging condition of unknown etiology. Despite its high prevalence and significant impact on quality of life in women, data on its prevalence in the Polish ...
Adrianna Mikołajczyk, Anna Maria Pietrzak, Edyta Szymańska, Hanna Feder, Kacper Kmieć, Mateusz Dembiński, Patrycja Fiertek, Patryk Pustuła, Wiktoria Garbacz, Zuzanna Burkacka   +9 more
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ASSESSMENT OF CORTICOMOTOR EXCITABILITY OF THE PELVIC FLOOR MOTOR REPRESENTATION IN WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT PROVOKED VESTIBULODYNIA (PVD): A CROSS SECTIONAL, OBSERVATIONAL CASE-CONTROL STUDY.

Continence, 2023
F Ignacio Antonio, S Kannathas, D Allard, M Petter Rodrigues, A Lake MacDonald, C Pukall, F Tremblay, L McLean   +7 more
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The effectiveness and acceptability of a computerised guided self-help programme for vaginismus: a mixed methods design [PDF]

, 2014
Overview This volume is separated into three parts: • Part 1: Literature review. A systematic review and meta-analysis of twelve randomised controlled trials that examined the efficacy of psychological treatment for vaginal pain.
Flanagan, E
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Provoked Vestibulodynia: A Neuropathic Pain Condition?

, 2011
Provoked Vestibulodynia (PVD) is a common form of chronic genital pain, affecting approximately 12% of premenopausal women. Even though knowledge of vulvodynia has been present in the medical field for many years, it was previously thought to be of psychogenic origin and has never been thoroughly investigated for the purpose of pain classification ...
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