Background: The most common subtype of chronic vulvar pain is provoked vestibulodynia. The entry of the vagina is the site of acute and recurrent pain in this highly prevalent and debilitating condition, which is char...
Background: Vulvodynia, or vulvar pain, is a common condition in women; however, there are few evidence-based clinical trials evaluating nonpharmacological therapies for this condition. Acupuncture is one complementa...
A project described in this work regarding innervation changes in the murine vagina in response to inflammation was supported by a grant from the Centre for Neuroscience,Flinders University,Australia
Vulvodynia is a prevalent form of chronic pain, most com- monly affecting the vaginal vestibule (vestibulodynia) (Pukall et al., 2016). Women with vulvodynia describe intense pain in response to light touch of the...
First, second, and third line medical treatments of vulvodynia are of limited efficacy. Surgical resection, the fourth line treatment of vulvodynia, may have unforgiving sequela. Therefore, acupuncture and electromyog...
Background: Vestibulodynia (VBD) and painful bladder syndrome (PBS) are two common and often concomitant conditions. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of an enzymatic combination of papain, bromelain, trypsin, ch...