Buttercup89
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I am trying to create a bit of awareness about a condition called vulvodynia. Vulvodynia is a condition that affect millions of women's lives, and yet it little known, possibly because it is somewhat difficult and for some embarrasing to discuss. It is estimated that 16% of women in America will suffer from this condition at some point in their life, and yet few are diagnosed. Vulvodynia is characterized by localized pain in a womans vulva, a feeling that is described as being seared with acid. For some women the pain is only upon contact, for others it is a constant iching and scratching and for an unfortunate few it is severe enough to make even sitting down painful.
I have personally just been diagnosed with this condition, after ten months of pain that has made intercourse impossible. For most women it will hit between their twenties and thirties. I am twentyone and have had vulvodynia for almost a year, but many women go several year undiagnosed, thinking that the problem is in their head. For me it has been very exhausting mentally to visit doctors sometimes several times a month, and yet with no physical signs of sickness to be found. There is no certain cure at this point, and I don't personally have much hope that I will ever have a fully functional sexlife, which has been devastating for my view of myself as a woman. However, the more women step forward and talk about the pain, the closer we can come to finding a cause and possibly even a cure for this chronic condition.
It is very important with health issues that we learn to take our symptoms seriously, and that we insist on others doing the same. Perhaps even more important is that we learn to break the tabu of speaking seriously about our netherregions, despite the potential akwardness.
I will be writing more later, but I am on my way out the door now
Cheers people!
I have personally just been diagnosed with this condition, after ten months of pain that has made intercourse impossible. For most women it will hit between their twenties and thirties. I am twentyone and have had vulvodynia for almost a year, but many women go several year undiagnosed, thinking that the problem is in their head. For me it has been very exhausting mentally to visit doctors sometimes several times a month, and yet with no physical signs of sickness to be found. There is no certain cure at this point, and I don't personally have much hope that I will ever have a fully functional sexlife, which has been devastating for my view of myself as a woman. However, the more women step forward and talk about the pain, the closer we can come to finding a cause and possibly even a cure for this chronic condition.
It is very important with health issues that we learn to take our symptoms seriously, and that we insist on others doing the same. Perhaps even more important is that we learn to break the tabu of speaking seriously about our netherregions, despite the potential akwardness.
I will be writing more later, but I am on my way out the door now
Cheers people!
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