Presenting at First World Congress
At the First World Congress on Sexual Health, held in Sydney Australia, Marek Jantos gave two podium presentations on profiling the impact of vulvodynia on the life of sufferers and identifying factors which exacerbate this condition
HBO’s ‘Sex and the City’ touches on baffling condition
In HBO’s “Sex and the City,” the shy Charlotte recently learned she could have vulvodynia, a condition that causes burning, stinging and itching in the genital area. “Vulvo-what-ia?” her friend Carrie asks. Until a few years ago, doctors might have asked the same question. But the baffling condition is getting increasing attention from the medical community. About 60 articles on vulvodynia have appeared in medical journals during the past six months, and the National Institutes of Health recently funded four studies, said Chris Veasley of the National Vulvodynia Association. Most doctors no longer dismiss the condition as a psychological ailment. Still, only about 20 percent of obstetrician-gynecologists know much about vulvodynia,...
A New Type of Sexual Pain Management
PRESS STATEMENT: A New Type of Sexual Pain > March 2002 Over the last 15 years, an increasing number of young women have been afflicted by chronic pain affecting the vulva and entrance to the vagina. This devastating condition is called vulvar vestibulitis syndrome or vulvodynia. In essence, “vulvodynia” means chronic burning or itching of the vulva, together with tenderness surrounding the vaginal opening. Symptoms feel like a yeast infection, but medication either doesn’t help or helps only for a short time. Discomfort usually precludes the woman from wearing jeans and pantyhose. Any mechanical pressure aggravates the problem,...