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Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1995
Vulvar pain syndrome (vulvar vestibulitis, vulvodynia, burning vulvar syndrome) was first described at the end of the last century. Although more than 100 years have passed, the cause(s) of the disorder remains elusive. This review of the literature endeavors to collate the known facts relating to vulvar pain syndrome and to expose those hypothetical ...
M S, Baggish, J R, Miklos
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Vulvar pain syndrome (vulvar vestibulitis, vulvodynia, burning vulvar syndrome) was first described at the end of the last century. Although more than 100 years have passed, the cause(s) of the disorder remains elusive. This review of the literature endeavors to collate the known facts relating to vulvar pain syndrome and to expose those hypothetical ...
M S, Baggish, J R, Miklos
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Inflammation, lipids, and pain in vulvar disease
Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023Localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) affects ∼14 million people in the US (9% of women), destroying lives and relationships. LPV is characterized by chronic pain (>3 months) upon touch to the vulvar vestibule, which surrounds the vaginal opening. Many patients go months or years without a diagnosis.
Megan L, Falsetta +2 more
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Dermatologic Therapy, 2004
Vulvodynia is a frequently used medical term that literally means "vulvar pain". Therefore, vulvodynia is a symptom, not a disease. The term itself indicates a variety of unpleasant chronic vulvar sensations, including burning, rawness, soreness, irritation, sensitivity, and formication. This may or may not include dyspareunia.
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Vulvodynia is a frequently used medical term that literally means "vulvar pain". Therefore, vulvodynia is a symptom, not a disease. The term itself indicates a variety of unpleasant chronic vulvar sensations, including burning, rawness, soreness, irritation, sensitivity, and formication. This may or may not include dyspareunia.
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Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 1997
In 1975, the International Society for the Study of Vulvar Disease recommended the term vulvodynia to describe vulvar pain regardless of its cause. For most clinicians, vulvar pain is, to say the least, confusing. It is not one disease but, in most cases, the manifestation of several diseases often erroneously lumped together because they are ...
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In 1975, the International Society for the Study of Vulvar Disease recommended the term vulvodynia to describe vulvar pain regardless of its cause. For most clinicians, vulvar pain is, to say the least, confusing. It is not one disease but, in most cases, the manifestation of several diseases often erroneously lumped together because they are ...
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Vulvar Pain Syndromes: Vestibulodynia
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2006ABSTRACTChronic pain anywhere on the body can be debilitating and demoralizing. When the pain is associated with sexuality, it can erode self‐esteem and diminish relationships. Vestibulodynia (pain in the vulvar vestibule) is poorly understood and presents a clinical challenge to the provider.
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Vulvar pilonidal sinuses: treatment of a rare cause of vulvar pain
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2008It is hoped that if cases of vulvar pilonidal sinus (PS) are known to readers of this article, they will be called to the writer's attention and that further studies of the origin and cause of these anterior pathologic developments will result. A delay in diagnosis and treatment of this relatively harmless condition can lead to complications like ...
Hasan, Kafali +3 more
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The role of vulvar skin biopsy in the evaluation of chronic vulvar pain
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2008Sixty-one percent of refractory vulvodynia patients evaluated in a tertiary care vulvovaginal clinic had clinically relevant dermatoses based on dermatopathologist-analyzed vulvar biopsy including: lichen sclerosus, allergic/irritant dermatitis, lichen planus, and other inflammatory or neoplastic dermatoses. Given the frequency of dermatologic disease,
Anneli R, Bowen +5 more
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2017
Physicians and healthcare providers (HCPs) can contribute to vulvar pain with different pathophysiologic pathways and responsibilities. They seem to be often unaware of a dramatic truth, valid in every field of medicine: doctors can be cofactors in the pathogenesis of a disease (Graziottin 2006; Norian and Stratton 2008; Esparaz et al.
Alessandra Graziottin, Filippo Murina
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Physicians and healthcare providers (HCPs) can contribute to vulvar pain with different pathophysiologic pathways and responsibilities. They seem to be often unaware of a dramatic truth, valid in every field of medicine: doctors can be cofactors in the pathogenesis of a disease (Graziottin 2006; Norian and Stratton 2008; Esparaz et al.
Alessandra Graziottin, Filippo Murina
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Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique, 2019
Vulvar Pain Abstract. During their lifetime, many women experience vulvar and / or vaginal pain. The reasons of those pains or discomforts can be multiple and sometimes hard to identify and therefore difficult to treat. Besides organic causes such as infections, inflammations, changes after operations and others we can find complex conditions such as ...
Laurent, Hastert, Brigitte, Frey Tirri
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Vulvar Pain Abstract. During their lifetime, many women experience vulvar and / or vaginal pain. The reasons of those pains or discomforts can be multiple and sometimes hard to identify and therefore difficult to treat. Besides organic causes such as infections, inflammations, changes after operations and others we can find complex conditions such as ...
Laurent, Hastert, Brigitte, Frey Tirri
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The Vulvar Pain Assessment Questionnaire inventory
Pain, 2016Abstract Millions suffer from chronic vulvar pain (ie, vulvodynia). Vulvodynia represents the intersection of 2 difficult subjects for health care professionals to tackle: sexuality and chronic pain. Those with chronic vulvar pain are often uncomfortable seeking help, and many who do so fail to receive proper diagnoses.
Emma, Dargie +2 more
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