Historical Perspective of Vulvodynia

Daily Associations Among Male Partner Responses, Pain During Intercourse, and Anxiety in Women With Vulvodynia and Their Partners.

UNLABELLED Vulvodynia is a prevalent vulvovaginal pain condition that disrupts the sexual and psychological health of affected women and their partners. Cross-sectional and daily experience studies suggest that partner responses to this pain influence the psychological and sexual sequelae of affected couples. However, their daily impact on pain and anxiety remain unknown. Using a daily diary me...

Description of the human races: A historical perspective

Vulvodynia: a consideration of clinical and methodological research challenges and recommended solutions

Vulvodynia, an idiopathic chronic vulvar pain, is a prevalent genital pain condition that results in significant impairment to sexual, relational, and psychological functioning of affected women and their romantic partners. Despite its high prevalence, there remain gaps in knowledge and health care access for women coping with vulvodynia, given its varied clinical presentation and no widely acc...

Continuing Medical Education Vulvodynia

Introduction. Vulvodynia is increasingly recognized as a cause of sexual pain. Aim. The goal of this Continuing Medical Education article was to provide a comprehensive review of vulvodynia including terminology, possible etiologies, and offer treatment options. Methods. AMedline search was conducted using several terms related to and including the terms vulvodynia, vulvar vestibulitis, vestibu...

Sexual Pain Disorders in Adolescents

The sexual pain disorders included in different editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R 1987; DSM-IV-TR, 2000) are dyspareunia and vaginismus. Both these clinical entities have undergone intense scrutiny and international discussion in the more recent years (Basson et Al 2003; Binik 2005; Graziottin, 2005; Meana et Al, 1997; Pukall et Al, 2005, Reissing ...