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Application of local anesthetic

Thinking of trying "Application of local anesthetic"?

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In our live, online study of 583 people with Vulvodynia, 38% of 309 respondents have tried "Application of local anesthetic":

Tried "Application of local anesthetic" for Vulvodynia?

What effect did "Application of local anesthetic" have on your Vulvodynia?

much worse	(5)
slightly worse	(10)
no effect / uncertain	(25)
moderate improvement	(21)
major improvement	(11)

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3 comments on Application of local anesthetic:

Lidocaine 5% Helps a lot!
Posted by: TerriAll February 6, 2009 8:55 pm

I have vulvodynia - the classic story of having been to what feels like hundreds of doctors through four years until finally one doctor told me my diagnosis. What a relief! The treatment for the condition here in Denmark is mainly Lidocain or Xylocain 5 % (the name here). I was of course sceptic, but I was, however, willing to try just about anything that had even a remote chance of helping me. So I started to put Xylocain 5 % on a little piece of clorine free cotton and leaving it on the sore spot (in my underwear) every night - the whole night!. I got an allergic reaction to it but normal zink ointment (Nappy Change Cream) helped a lot and I continued. It can help the discomfort to use Xylocain 2 % for a period of no more than two weeks and then go back to 5 %. The doctor told me that after two months I would be cured, so you can imagine my grief when I realized after two months that it hadn't worked. This was two months of not having sex with my boyfriend and using Xylocain every night! I called the doctor and she said that in some cases, if the vulvodynia is quite bad, it takes up to a year of using the Xylocain every night, so that I should just keep at it. This is the main reason why I am writing to you because I really wish someone had told me this from the beginning! And now to the happy part of my story: After five months of treatment, almost losing my patience, I am now more or less cured!! I can still get a little sore, but then I just remember to put on the Xylocain 15 minutes before sex and it's not at all necessary every time. I no longer have problems with biking, sitting on hard chairs, tight jeans and so on, which I had before. So hang in there, there is hope!
Posted by: mariaschultz September 14, 2008 2:19 am

Worse than no result, lidocaine actually made the pain a lot worse! I was so hyper-reactive to anything at that time, pretty much ANY ointment of any nature caused more inflammation... even totally inert substances like Vit E.
Posted by: farenflora August 11, 2008 4:14 pm