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Therapy With Local Anesthetics to Treat Vulvodynia. A Pilot Study

Sexual Medicine, 2022
: Introduction: Vulvodynia (chronic vulvar pain) is a sexually debilitating disorder with a prevalence of ∼10%. Aim: To investigate the effectiveness of therapy with local anesthetics (TLA) in women with severe vulvodynia, we conducted a prospective ...
Stefan Weinschenk, MD, Justus Benrath, MD, PhD, Eugen Kessler, MD, Thomas Strowitzki, MD, PhD, Manuel Feisst, MSc   +4 more
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Vaginal Microbiome Is Associated With Vulvodynia, Vulvar Pain Syndrome: A Case-Control Study

Sexual Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Vulvodynia, vulvar pain syndrome, is defined as vulvar pain of at least a 3-month duration without a clear identifiable cause, which may have associated factor and the etiology and treatment of this challenging disease is still unclear ...
So Yun Park, MD, PhD, Eun Sil Lee, MD, PhD, Sa Ra Lee, MD, PhD, Sung Hoon Kim, MD, PhD, Hee Dong Chae, MD, PhD   +4 more
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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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Vulvodynia Is Not Associated with Concurrent Candidal Vaginitis

Women's Health Reports, 2022
Objective: The study purpose was to determine the prevalence of candida-positive vulvovaginal genital cultures among women with vulvodynia. Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of data collected from 2017 to 2020.
Margaret Whitney, Amy E. Papermaster, Audrey Baum, Michelle L. Wright   +3 more
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Acupuncture for vulvodynia [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1999
Vulvodynia is the sensation of burning and/or pain of the vulva in the absence of abnormal clinical findings. We offered acupuncture to twelve patients with this syndrome. All had experienced severe distress and impairment of sexual function and usual treatments had failed.
Powell, J, Wojnarowska, F
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Vulvodynia: Pain Management Strategies

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
Background: Vulvodynia is defined in this international consensus as persistent vulvar pain that occurs for >3 months without an identifiable cause and with several potential associated factors.
Lucia Merlino, Luca Titi, Francesco Pugliese, Giulia D’Ovidio, Roberto Senatori, Carlo Della Rocca, Maria Grazia Piccioni   +6 more
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Effectiveness of topical gabapentin in the treatment of vulvodynia: a narrative synthesis

Frontiers in Pain Research, 2023
Vulvodynia is a leading cause of dyspareunia in premenopausal women, causing considerable morbidity and sexual dysfunction. A multimodal approach is used to treat vulvodynia.
Mehmet Ergisi, Alexander Law, Nishant Chaudhari, Stefania Tsatsari, Kim Lawson, Christopher Jenner   +5 more
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Vulvodynia – still a challenging therapeutic problem

Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2017
Introduction . Vulvodynia is a chronic condition characterized by pain and burning in the vulvar area without any abnormalities in clinical and laboratory examinations.
Magdalena Pawlaczyk, Katarzyna Korzeniowska, Mariola Pawlaczyk   +2 more
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Genitofemoral neuralgia : adding to the burden of chronic vulvar pain [PDF]

, 2015
The vulva is a particularly common locus of chronic pain with neuropathic characteristics that occurs in women of any age, though most women with neuropathic type chronic vulvar pain will remain undiagnosed even following multiple physician visits. Here,
De Muynck, Martine, De Zutter, Eline, Verstraelen, Hans   +2 more
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Brain changes associated with cognitive and emotional factors in chronic pain : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2017
An emerging technique in chronic pain research is MRI, which has led to the understanding that chronic pain patients display brain structure and function alterations.
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