Vulvodynia is a women's health problem that may affect as many as 15% of women who seek gynaecological care, and yet little attention is given to this condition and it is frequently dismissed as psychosomatic. So vulvodynia still remains a major health problem in Western countries, leading to significant morbidity and a reduced quality of life for many women. This condition carries large costs incurred as a result of both medical treatment and lost productivity. Vulvodynia is becoming a universal priority in the prevention, care, education, and research areas of pain and its consequences and it remains one of the poorly understood complex chronic pain syndromes, representing a multifactorial clinical syndrome of unexplained vulvar pain and sexual dysfunction.
Vulvodynia: current opinion and treatment strategies / Domenici, L., Perniola, G., Giorgini, M., Lecce, F., Bracchi, C., Musella, A., Marchetti, C., DI DONATO, V., Tomao, F., Palaia, I., Ciolli, P., Recine, N., Muzii, L., BENEDETTI PANICI, P.. - In: MINERVA GINECOLOGICA. - ISSN 0026-4784. - (2015).
Vulvodynia: current opinion and treatment strategies
DOMENICI, LAVINIA;PERNIOLA, GIORGIA;GIORGINI, MARGHERITA;LECCE, FRANCESCA;BRACCHI, CARLOTTA;MUSELLA, ANGELA;MARCHETTI, CLAUDIA;DI DONATO, VIOLANTE;TOMAO, FEDERICA;PALAIA, INNOCENZA;CIOLLI, Paola;RECINE, Nadia;MUZII, LUDOVICO;BENEDETTI PANICI, PIERLUIGI
2015
Abstract
Vulvodynia is a women's health problem that may affect as many as 15% of women who seek gynaecological care, and yet little attention is given to this condition and it is frequently dismissed as psychosomatic. So vulvodynia still remains a major health problem in Western countries, leading to significant morbidity and a reduced quality of life for many women. This condition carries large costs incurred as a result of both medical treatment and lost productivity. Vulvodynia is becoming a universal priority in the prevention, care, education, and research areas of pain and its consequences and it remains one of the poorly understood complex chronic pain syndromes, representing a multifactorial clinical syndrome of unexplained vulvar pain and sexual dysfunction.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
