Localized Provoked Vulvodynia-An Ignored Vulvar Pain Syndrome [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) causes dyspareunia among reproductive aged women. We review the pathogenesis of LPV and suggest that LPV is an inflammatory pain syndrome of the vestibular mucosa triggered by microbial antigens in a susceptible host ...
Jorma Paavonen, David A. Eschenbach
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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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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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Treatment of radiation-induced vulvar pain via pudendal nerve block under fluoroscopic guidance [PDF]
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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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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The Use of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in the Treatment of Physiological and Pathological Vulvar Dystrophies [PDF]
Stem Cells International, 2016 “Vulvar dystrophy” is characterized by chronic alterations of vulvar trophism, occurring in both physiological (menopause) and pathological (lichen sclerosus, vulvar graft-versus-host disease) conditions.
Maria Giuseppina Onesti +4 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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Chronic Pelvic Pain, Vulvar Pain Disorders, and Proteomics Profiles: New Discoveries, New Hopes [PDF]
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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Genital Skin Diseases and Their Expression in Sexual Functionality [PDF]
, 2015 Sexual functionality acts as an important function of the individual, acting both physically and mentally to create a state of well-being and permitting procreation.
Albu, Gabriela +3 more
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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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