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Mucosal versus muscle pain sensitivity in provoked vestibulodynia [PDF]

Journal of Pain Research, 2015
Kathryn Witzeman,1 Ruby HN Nguyen,2 Alisa Eanes,3 Sawsan As-Sanie,4 Denniz Zolnoun51Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, 2Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis ...
Witzeman K, Nguyen RHN, Eanes A, As-Sanie S, Zolnoun D   +4 more
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Provoked Vestibulodynia and Topical Treatment: A New Option [PDF]

Healthcare, 2022
Background: Provoked vestibulodynia is commonly associated with dyspareunia and affects 7% to 15% of women. This pathology has major implications on sexual function and quality of life, and several types of treatments are available for its management. However, a consensus has not been reached concerning the best treatment of vulvar pain.
Guglielmo Stabile, Rossella E Nappi, Gabriella Zito   +2 more
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Disease-Related Microstructural Differences in the Brain in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia [PDF]

Journal of Pain, 2018
Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a chronic pelvic pain disorder affecting 16% of the female population. Neuroimaging studies have highlighted central abnormalities in PVD, similar to other chronic pelvic pain disorders, including brain regions involved in sensory processing and modulation of pain.
Kirsten Tillisch, Arpana Gupta, Benjamin M Ellingson   +2 more
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Testing peripheral and central therapies for provoked vestibulodynia: results from the UPDATe trial [PDF]

Annals of Medicine
Introduction Vestibulodynia (VBD) is a common chronic pelvic pain condition with heterogeneous clinical presentation, including subtypes distinguished by the presence (VBD-central; VBD-c) or absence (VBD-peripheral; VBD-p) of comorbid pain conditions ...
Chloe Shudt, Erin T. Carey, Elizabeth J. Geller, Andrea Rapkin, Debbie Farb, Haley Cutting, Jasmyn Akaninwor, Jesse DeLaRosa, Christopher Stirling, Andrey Bortsov, Pearl Rowe, Sheng Luo, Marguerita E. Klein, Andrea G. Nackley   +13 more
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Clinical impacts of botulinum toxin type A injections for provoked vestibulodynia: insights from randomized controlled trials [PDF]

BMC Women's Health
Background Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a chronic vulvar pain condition often associated with pelvic floor muscle hypertonicity. Botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT-A), a neuromuscular transmission blocker, has been proposed as a potential treatment to
Zhengyu Gao, Luoman Hu, Chuanjian Yi, Chengfei Gao   +3 more
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Partner responses to pain among male partners of women with provoked vestibulodynia—a cross-sectional study [PDF]

PAIN Reports
. Introduction:. Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a prevalent persistent pain disorder, localized to the vulva, not only affecting the sexual health of women suffering from it but also of their partners.
Linn Myrtveit-Stensrud, Elin Ekholm, Ida Flink, Moniek ter Kuile, Linnéa Engman, Isabelle Suvaal, Karen Synne Groven, Silje Endresen Reme   +7 more
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Topical resiniferatoxin for the treatment of vestibulodynia: a prospective observational trialAJOG Global Reports at a Glance [PDF]

AJOG Global Reports
Background: Vestibulodynia is the most common subtype of vulvodynia and is characterized by persitent, contact-evoked pain localized to the vulvar vestibule.
Filippo Murina, MD, Cecilia Fochesato, MD, Matteo Mantovani, DPh, Matilde Slanzi, MD, Marianna Donini, MD, Nicla Toni, MD, Valeria Savasi, MD   +6 more
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Botulinum toxin for provoked vestibulodynia. [PDF]

Cochrane Database Syst Rev
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to examine the efficacy of botulinum toxin therapy in the treatment of provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) compared with placebo or no treatment.
Kim S, Paliakkara JJ, Schmutz J, Watanabe N.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Predictors of vaginal penetration in women with Provoked Vestibulodynia [PDF]

Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 2021
This study examined whether time, treatment type, baseline individual differences, and treatment satisfaction affected the vaginal intercourse trajectories of women with Provoked Vestibulodynia (PVD) before and after psychological treatment. Women (N = 130) who received CBT or MBCT completed questionnaires prior to and 2-4 weeks, 6-, and 12-months ...
Natalie B Brown, Bozena Zdaniuk, Lori A. Brotto   +2 more
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#ItsNotInYourHead: A Social Media Campaign to Disseminate Information on Provoked Vestibulodynia. [PDF]

Arch Sex Behav, 2021
Abstract Provoked Vestibulodynia (PVD) is a type of localized vulvodynia (or pain in the vulva). The estimated prevalence of this condition is about 12% of the general population and approximately 20% of women under the age of 19. Many women who live with PVD suffer in silence for years before receiving a diagnosis.
Brotto LA, Nelson M, Barry L, Maher C.
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