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Vulvar disease: A pelvic floor pain disorder?
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Vulvar disease: A pelvic floor pain disorder?

Colleen M Kennedy, Ingrid E Nygaard, Audrey Saftlas, Trudy L Burns, James C Torner and Rudolph P Galask
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.192(6), pp.1829-1834
2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.12.059
PMID: 15970821

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the rates of painful bladder syndrome and functional bowel disorders in women with vulvar disease and control subjects. In this cross-sectional survey, a questionnaire that contained validated outcome measures was administered to women who were seeking care in a vulvar disease clinic and in general gynecology clinics. Women who were seen at a vulvar disease clinic were 2.18 (95% CI, 1.19, 3.97) times more likely to have painful bladder syndrome and 2.13 (95% CI, 1.35, 3.35) times more likely to have functional bowel disorders than general gynecology clinic control subjects after multivariable analyses. Painful bladder syndrome and functional bowel disorders are more prevalent in women who are seen at a vulvar disease clinic than gynecology clinics control subjects. These associations may reflect a common origin for these disorders in certain women. These findings lay the groundwork for future research to investigate a potential “pelvic floor pain disorder,” which is a disease entity that would combine the diagnostic criteria for vulvar, bladder, and bowel pain disorders.
 Vulvar disease Painful bladder syndrome Functional bowel disorder

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