Vulvodynia: A disease commonly hidden in plain sight

• Vulvodynia affects at least 6% of women, and can be found at any age and in all ethnic groups. • The diagnosis is one of exclusion but is very often missed. • Women with vulvodynia are frequently misdiagnosed as having vaginismus. • Failure to make the diagnosis often leads to irrelevant or delete...

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Autores principales: Vieira-Baptista, Pedro, Lima-Silva, Joana, Pérez-López, Faustino R., Preti, Mario, Bornstein, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30245974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2018.e00079
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Sumario:• Vulvodynia affects at least 6% of women, and can be found at any age and in all ethnic groups. • The diagnosis is one of exclusion but is very often missed. • Women with vulvodynia are frequently misdiagnosed as having vaginismus. • Failure to make the diagnosis often leads to irrelevant or deleterious examinations and treatments.

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