• J Pain · Feb 2017

    Does degree of vulvar sensitivity predict vulvodynia characteristics and prognosis?

    • Barbara D Reed, Melissa A Plegue, Siobán D Harlow, Hope K Haefner, and Ananda Sen.
    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Electronic address: barbr@umich.edu.
    • J Pain. 2017 Feb 1; 18 (2): 113-123.

    AbstractAlthough women with vulvodynia typically have increased vulvar sensitivity, data on characteristics associated with the degree of vulvar sensitivity are lacking. We measured vulvar sensitivity using cotton swab test and vulvodolorimeter among a subset of 335 women, aged younger than 70 years, in the longitudinal Woman to Woman Health Study. Comparing the vulvodynia screening results from their online/paper survey to that at the time of the examination, 42 women had ongoing vulvodynia, 66 had a recent remission, 22 control participants had a recent onset of vulvodynia, and 205 control participants remained asymptomatic. Vulvar sensitivity was greater in each vulvodynia group compared with the control group (P < .001), and was associated with younger age at first onset of pain (P = .025), pain after intercourse (P = .008), describing the pain as a "pressure," "burning," or "irritating" (P = .015, P = .005, and P = .006, respectively), with increased severity of pain ever (P = .012), and with subsequent persistent or relapsing vulvodynia (P < .001 for each). A score of >1 for the cotton swab summary score best differentiated case from control participants (sensitivity 71.9%; specificity 72.0%). Although 13.8% of women with vulvodynia had no increased sensitivity on cotton swab testing, they did not differ in most clinical characteristics or clinical course from those with increased vulvar sensitivity.Copyright © 2016 American Pain Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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