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What is Vulvodynia? What is Vaginal Atrophy? Vulvodynia is the vulvar pain condition characterized by feelings of chronic pain and discomfort in the vulvar, introitus or hymenal areas.

Pain can manifest mildly or severely and it can vary in intensity at different times. To diagnose vulvodynia it is necessary to move through a process of different assessments and tests. The condition is notoriously difficult to diagnose, so some patience may be required.

How your practitioner will diagnose vulvodynia When your healthcare practitioner is trying to diagnose vulvodynia, they will assess your medical history carefully, as well as your sexual and surgical history. They are likely to look at aspects such as: Pain characteristics Related bowel, bladder, and sexual issues Blood results to determine hormone levels estrogen, progesterone and testosterone At an appointment to diagnose vulvodynia, you will be asked to take part in a cotton swab test.

Vulvodynia sufferers are likely to experience the most sensitivity in the following areas: The posterior introitus The posterior hymenal remnants It is possible for you to feel spontaneous pain even without pressure from a swab. Other things to note about diagnosing vulvodynia To diagnose vulvodynia your Doctor may also perform a pelvic exam, which consists of visually examining your external genital region to pinpoint symptoms and causes.

Single Unisex Rectal Magnetic Dilators. Slippery Stuff Gel Personal Lubricant 4 fl. Urinating didn't bother me, so I don't think Solanine gets excreted in the urine. It seems my liver does get around to de-toxifying over the course of several days but it deposits into the mucous membranes until the liver can manage it, rather than de-toxifying immediately as when I was younger.

I used to be unable to sleep due to the pain, and forget having sex. Happily, cutting out potatoes and tomatoes is a small price to pay for being able to to all that again. Continuous unrelenting pain is horrible. I recently had a shoulder operation and straight afterward I was in the most excrutiating pain, but I knew it would pass and I felt appreciable better by the next day.

But that vulva pain just carries on, day in day out, always there clawing at you. So glad to be rid of it. I have never heard of the problem you had with solanine. I feel that someone should gather together everyone's successful vulvodynia stories on a website so that others can read our stories and discover what the cause is for them and find a cure. My gp knew someone who had had it for 20 years!

Edited 7 weeks ago. Thank you both for sharing your stories in detail! I'm battling vulvodynia as well, for many years. I am currently very confused to try which approach. I wanted to try the low oxalate diet , just found out about it while googling, but my gp dismissed it, and any other holistic approach really. She prescribed amitriptylines and told me to try them for 4 weeks. It's so upsetting how long it takes to try things, with no definite cure on the horizon.

I've been trying different things for years and even one more day is too much at this point. But, I am desperate, and will give it a go I have two recommendations that I haven't seen in a lot of places for anyone else who is suffering.

Using a layer of gauze swab and a piece of cotton instead of pads feels a ton better than any other commercial pad or liner I have used, no matter how cotton they market it to be. You can place a pad or panty liner underneath it if you have heavy flow. I have just started using Dermol lotion. It feels a million times better than last week.

It's too soon to say if it will cure it but I am hopeful. They are called emulsifying ointments. Like Minamii I too feel like there is something wrong internally with me, like an allergy of some sort.

I have inflammation on my eyes, my scalp and face also are very sensitive. Very similar feeling of soreness and irritation to vulvodynia. I hate to stop eating all the delicious cakes, breads, junk food and even the healthy tomatoes and stuff but I feel like a special diet can fix this.

I feel like I either need to use Dermol to feel okay, or find the right diet for myself. Again, shame it takes so long to find out what food you are intolerant to. GPs dismiss my diet related inquiries so it's hard to design a diet on my own. I have done a cleanse 3 months ago which didn't seem to help, and now I think it's because of the nightshades and some high oxalate greens I have been eating since then.

It is a shame your GP is unwilling to consider alternative therapies. Stick with the amitriptyline, it will help with pain and sleeping. However, I believe that it was the alternative therapies acupuncture, manual desensitisation, etc that actually cured me. I was surprised, after my experiences with gynaecologists, that my consultant dermatologist who specialised in vulvar pain recommended acupuncture, manual desensitisation, physiotherapy, chiropractic and psychosexual therapy to me, but I am so pleased she did.

These were the things that, over the years, she had found to be successful. However, she did also say that I needed to get up to mg amitriptyline a day. Being a dermatologist the first thing she checked was the skin on the rest of my body and my eyes to see if there could be a skin condition or allergy cause. But I had no other symptoms. She also told me that it is worth just trying everything.

Do, I tried everything she suggested and more low oxalate diet , suppliments, saginil gel and found myself gradually getting better so I continued with everything. Do, I tried everything she suggested and more low oxalate food, suppliments, saginil gel and found myself gradually getting better so I continued with everything. It seems to me that, because you have other skin issues, you need to see a dermatologist.

Glad you found solutions for yourself. I am going to try therapy for the first time in my life this week. Quite excited probably too hopeful. I will ask them about psychosexual therapy as well. I'm sure it's connected somewhat, I come from a conservative family and I still find sexuality quite embarrassing. I probably have subconscious thoughts like virginity is the nice honourable thing for a woman and premarital sex is bad.

I'm sure I'm effected by not just my family but the whole culture and media everywhere suggesting these things. High five for a guy for having sex and a 'slut' stamp for the girl right? I've been to a dermatologist about this for the first time a few months ago, and I'm sure there are good doctors out there but this woman was terrible.

She examined me and said my skin looks just fine, when I mentioned if my stress could be a factor she started brushing it all off to that, and acted like I was exaggerating. But the douchiest moment was when she said 'won't your boyfriend get tired with you? Way to make me worse than I already do, doc!

I really ran out of my respect for doctors and the whole medical industry because of this type of behaviour. Worst, I lost my trust. I can't rely on a doctor anymore to 'fix' me, I have to research and come up with suggestions, spend ages looking for information online.

Makes me extra stressed on top of everything. I should try to find a different dermatologist but I am so fed up also broke at this point. It's too soon to say I know, I always had on and off days in the last years of this illness. Here's the 3 things I've been doing if it helps anyone: Emulsifying ointment dermol , water consumption, and diet avoiding nightshades.

PS: I haven't taken antidepressants because I am afraid I might get well because of the ointment, then think the pills helped. And then take pills for the rest of my life. I found out about these ointments from an NHS booklet online, from 4 years ago! I started using Dermol there are other brands you can try, I hope I don't sound like I'm marketing a product 6 days ago, I was putting it on almost every time I went to the toilet, and especially before going to bed.

It immediately soothed my skin, and now on 6th day I haven't felt the need to put any on yet! I used to use flora balancing bv gels almost constantly, acti gel, flora plus and boots brand stuff etc, they used to burn when I'd first put it on, and had other problems with them, but it was okay and that's why I lived with this curse for years, because it was 'okay'. And recently bv gels just stopped working. I freaking hate walking around in 'wet' underwear, but better than that awful burning and irritated feeling.

Best way to describe is I feel like I am wearing an underwear made out of wool, so it scratches my skin, makes it burn, etc. This made me furious, the fact that doctors don't do any tests on me, that she is offering such a nothing-y thing, and that they just make these assumptions and just dismiss any holistic treatments. But I did. I started forcing myself to drink big glasses of water a day.

Filtered tap water and a small bit of evian. I am not made out of money! This is the most incredibly frustrating condition. I've tried modifying my diet, exercise etc. It just feels like there is nowhere else to turn. All user-generated information on this site is the opinion of its author only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical conditions. Members and guests are responsible for their own posts and the potential consequences of those posts detailed in our Terms of Service.

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