Vulvodynia: terminology and clinical features

Etiology, diagnosis, and clinical management of vulvodynia

Chronic vulvar pain or discomfort for which no obvious etiology can be found, ie, vulvodynia, can affect up to 16% of women. It may affect girls and women across all age groups and ethnicities. Vulvodynia is a significant burden to society, the health care system, the affected woman, and her intimate partner. The etiology is multifactorial and may involve local injury or inflammation, and perip...

2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia.

INTRODUCTION In 2014, the executive council of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease, the boards of directors of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, and the International Pelvic Pain Society acknowledged the need to revise the current terminology of vulvar pain, on the basis of the significant increase in high-quality etiologic studies pub...

Vulvodynia.

Vulvodynia or vulvar pain syndrome is a chronic, heterogeneous, and multifactorial disease with a high prevalence. This condition affects Caucasians, African Americans, Africans and Hispanic women, particularly those sexually active at child-bearing age. The etiology of this condition is complex and remains elusive. An accurate diagnosis requires a comprehensive history, physical examination an...

Clinical Policy Bulletin: Vulvodynia and Vulvar Vestibulitis Treatments

Anatomy for Clinical Terminology

• editing complete; • CPR form received; Summary. Anatomical notions provide the foundations for much clinical terminology. However, clinicians’ concerns are notoriously practical. The goal in clinical terminology is not to represent anatomy for its own sake, but rather to facilitate faithful communication by clinicians about what they have heard, seen thought and done in their care of patients...