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Role of Gynecologic Findings in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: A Consensus. [PDF]

Neurourol Urodyn
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the role of gynecologic findings in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) by reviewing current international guidelines and identifying relevant gynecologic co‐morbidities. Methods This consensus statement was developed through a systematic four‐phase process: (1) comprehensive literature review across ...
Sullivan ME, El Haraki A, Padoa A, Vincent K, Whitmore KE, Cervigni M.   +5 more
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Demographical and Clinical Characteristics of Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia in Israel

Women's Health Reports
Background: Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a chronic pain condition affecting the vulvar vestibule, often triggered by minimal touch or pressure. It is underdiagnosed and poorly understood, leading to significant impacts on women’s quality of life ...
Lea Tene, Adi Y. Weintraub, Leonid Kalichman   +2 more
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Localized provoked vulvodynia as an immune-mediated inflammatory disease: rationale for a new line of research [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV), also called vulvar vestibulitis or provoked vestibulodynia, is a major cause of dyspareunia that severely impacts sexual health.
Jorma Paavonen, Robert C. Brunham
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Disease-Related Microstructural Differences in the Brain in Women With Provoked Vestibulodynia. [PDF]

J 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.
Gupta A, Woodworth DC, Ellingson BM, Rapkin AJ, Naliboff B, Kilpatrick LA, Stains J, Masghati S, Tillisch K, Mayer EA, Labus JS.   +10 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Pain Rating in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia: Evaluating Influence of Race. [PDF]

J Womens Health (Larchmt), 2016
Chronic pain may be perceived differently according to gender and race, which may affect physical health and psychological wellbeing. We evaluated daily pain ratings in black women as compared to white women with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD).Seventy-one women (44 black, 27 white) rated pain severity with tampon insertion and sexual intercourse and ...
Brown C, Bachmann GA, Wan J, Foster D.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Does One Measure Fit All? The Role of Experimentally Induced Pain Tests in the Assessment of Women with Provoked Vestibular Pain [PDF]

International Journal of Women's Health
Ahinoam Lev-Sagie,1 Nosaiba Rayan-Gharra,2 Hadas Allouche-Kam,3 Michal Granot2 1Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Clalit Health Organization, Jerusalem, Israel; 2Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa,
Lev-Sagie A, Rayan-Gharra N, Allouche-Kam H, Granot M   +3 more
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Provoked vestibulodynia: Inflammatory, neuropathic or dysfunctional pain? A neurobiological perspective

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2014
This paper aims to clarify the nature of the pain in provoked vestibulodynia (PV). It reviews published data about the nature of the pain in PV, employing a recent pain classification, which divides pain from a neurobiological perspective, into nociceptive, inflammatory and pathological pain, with the latter subdivided into neuropathic and ...
MICHELETTI, Leonardo, Radici G, Lynch PJ
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Development of a core outcome set for treatment studies for provoked vestibulodynia

Journal of Sexual Medicine
Abstract Background There is an inconsistency in treatment outcomes used in clinical trials for provoked vestibulodynia (PVD), which makes it impossible to compare the effects of different interventions.
Nina Bohm-Starke, Caroline F Pukall, Sofia Tranæus   +2 more
exaly   +5 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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Preferred physical characteristics of lidocaine thin film for women with vestibulodynia

Frontiers in Pain Research, 2023
IntroductionVestibulodynia (VBD) is the most common cause of sexual pain in the United States, affecting up to 15% of reproductive-aged women during their lifetime with limited treatment options.
R. Gina Silverstein, Martha Grace Cromeens, Caroline Rowland, Joseph A. Ogbansiegbe, Paul Mihas, S. Rahima Benhabbour, S. Rahima Benhabbour, Erin T. Carey   +7 more
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