Sökning: "vulvar pain"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden vulvar pain.
1. Application of the psychological flexibility model in the context of vulvar pain and sexual dysfunction
Sammanfattning : Psychological processes are known to influence the development and impact of chronic pain. Moreover, psychological treatments have been shown to reduce the suffering that people with chronic pain experience. LÄS MER
2. Combined oral contraceptives : impact on the vulvar vestibular mucosa and pain mechanisms
Sammanfattning : Objective: The main aim of this thesis was to study the impact of combined oral contraceptives (COC) on the vulvar vestibular mucosa and pain mechanisms; in healthy women and in women with provoked vestibulodynia (former vulvar vestibulitis syndrome). The somatosensory perception in the vulvar vestibular mucosa of healthy women was studied with the relation to COC. LÄS MER
3. Partial vaginismus : definition, symptoms and treatment
Sammanfattning : Vaginismus is a sexual pain disorder, where spasm of musculature of the outer third of the vagina interferes with intercourse. Vaginismus exists in two forms: total vaginismus, where intercourse is impossible, and the more seldom described partial vaginismus, in which intercourse is possible but painful. LÄS MER
4. Painful Ideals : Young Swedish women´s ideal sexual situations and experiences of pain during vaginal intercourse
Sammanfattning : Many young women today are concerned about their sexual health; an increasing number of them consult gynaecologists, youth centres (YCs) and general practitioners with vulvar problems such as painful sensations associated with vaginal intercourse (VIC). It is known that some women continue to have VIC despite pain. LÄS MER
5. Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome : pathophysiology of the vestibular mucosa
Sammanfattning : Objective: The main purpose of the study was to survey possible pathophysiological changes of the vestibular mucosa in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome with regard to the clinical findings of superficial dyspareunia and mucosal erythema. Methods: Biopsies analysed with immunohistochemistry were used to study the morphology, distribution and neuropeptide content of the peripheral nerves, and the microvascularisation of the vestibular mucosa. LÄS MER