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Do you have "pain"? Have you experienced any other symptoms of Vulvodynia? Think it's caused by something else? See what else it might be.
At CureTogether, thousands of people worldwide are sharing data (anonymously) on their experience with Vulvodynia - and hundreds of other health conditions - to help each other better understand their health and find the right treatments.
In our live, online study of 609 people with Vulvodynia, 92% of 438 respondents have reported "pain".
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Acid Reflux
Top symptoms: Burning in esophagus, Burning where stomach meets esophagus, Burning in throat or back of mouth, regurgitation
Acne
Top symptoms: Pimples, Deep pain raised spots, Blackheads
Adenomyosis
Top symptoms: Menstrual cramps, pain, Passing blood clots during your period, Heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding
Adhesions
Top symptoms: bloating, constipation, back pain, abdominal pain
Anal Fissures
Top symptoms: Blood on toilet paper when wiping, Itching, Pain during defecation, Constipation
Anemia
Top symptoms: fatigue, weakness, Coldness in extremities, Dizziness
Angina
Top symptoms: Out of breath, <1 attack per week, Chest tightness, Chest pain
Ankylosing spondylitis
Top symptoms: morning stiffness, Low back pain, Stiffness in lower back, Fatigue
Anxiety
Top symptoms: Heart rate increase, Fidgeting, Constant worrying, Racing thoughts
Arnold Chiari Malformation
Top symptoms: Headache, Dizziness, Vision problems, Numbness
Arthritic Hips
Top symptoms: Pain, Hip stiffness, Limited range of motion, Limping
Arthritis
Top symptoms: Loss of movement, Swelling, Redness, Pain
Aspirin Allergy
Top symptoms: wheezing, Itchy skin, Breathing difficulty, nasal polyps
Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia
Top symptoms: atypical trigeminal neuralgia, face pain, lightning bolt pain, head pain
Autism
Top symptoms: impaired social interaction, Repetitive use of language
Avascular Necrosis
Top symptoms: joint pain, stiffness after exercise
Back pain
Top symptoms: Neck stiffness, lower back soreness, Muscle Tension, pain
Bladder Infection
Top symptoms: Constant need to urinate, Pain with urination, Striking pain at end of urination, ache in abdomen and back
Boils
Top symptoms: Pus, Large boils on inner thighs, Pain
Breast Cancer
Top symptoms: Breast lump, Swelling of one arm, Tenderness under arm, Weight loss
Cardiovascular Disease
Top symptoms: Chest Pain, Light-headedness, Heart Palpations, Chest discomfort
Carpal Tunnel syndrome
Top symptoms: Wrist pain and/or numbnessin the fingers or hand
Celiac Disease
Top symptoms: Irritability, Stomach Pain, Fatigue, Depression
Central Pain Syndrome
Top symptoms: Pressure, Parasthesia, Allodynia, central pain syndrome
Chronic Daily Headache
Top symptoms: Literally have a headache, to some degree EVERY day, pain in different parts of head, pressure or squeezing feeling, ALWAYS a different type of pain, it can vary from day to day or from minute to minute
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Top symptoms: Concentration problems, Unrefreshing sleep, Incapacitating exhaustion, Fatigue
Chronic Groin Pain
Top symptoms: Chronic groin pain
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Top symptoms: Fever, Tiredness, Night sweats
Chronic Pain Syndrome
Top symptoms: irritablility, stiff joints, tire easily
Chronic Sinusitis
Top symptoms: facial pain, bulging forehead? (unsure if symptom or unrelated), Stuffiness
Cirrhosis
Top symptoms: Fatigue, Weight loss, Loss of appetite, Abdominal pain
Cluster Headaches
Top symptoms: cyclic pain (off and on), Restlessness, Stuffy nose, Pain
Connective Tissue Disorder
Top symptoms: unexplained pain, Joint pain, Hair Loss
Constipation
Top symptoms: lower back pain, Bloating, Painful Gas, lack of regular bowel movements
Crohn's Disease
Top symptoms: Abdominal pain, Diarrhea, Weight loss, Loss of appetite
Cushing's Syndrome
Top symptoms: Severe fatigue, Weak muscles, Anxiety, Irritability
Dysmenorrhea
Top symptoms: Fatigue, Pain in lower abdomen, Diarrhea, Heavy blood loss
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Classical
Top symptoms: Easy bruising, Velvety Skin, Subluxation, Joint Pain
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Hypermobility
Top symptoms: Joint Pain, Chronic Fatigue, Subluxation of joints, Chronic Pain
Endometriosis
Top symptoms: Bloating, extreme fatigue, Pain during/after intercourse, Pain during periods
Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
Top symptoms: fatigue, muscle/joint pain, trouble breathing, brain fog
Erythema
Top symptoms: skin redness
Essential Tremor
Top symptoms: Uncontrollable tremors that occur for brief periods of time, Tremors lessen with rest, Tremors worsen with stress
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Top symptoms: muffled hearing, pressure in head, ear ringing, ear won't pop
Fibromyalgia
Top symptoms: severe muscles aches in entire body, sleep disorder, Morning stiffness, chronic fatigue
Gastric Hyperacidity
Top symptoms: burning in stomach, hunger type pains 1-2 hours after eating, gas in stomach
Gastroparesis
Top symptoms: Pain in stomach, Nausea
Gilbert's Syndrome
Top symptoms: Increased bilirubin levels, Fatigue, Weakness, Abdominal pain
Glaucoma
Top symptoms: Loss of peripheral vision, Blindness, Blurry vision, Halos around lights
Gout
Top symptoms: inflammation of joints, Tenderness
Hammertoe
Top symptoms: pain in toes
Hashimoto's Disease
Top symptoms: Depression, Increased cold sensitivity
heart disease
Top symptoms: heart disease, Shortness of breath, Some times i get a chest pain when i climb a flight of stairs.
Heart Murmur
Top symptoms: Heart palpitations, Shortness of breath, Hearts thumps hard for a few seconds. Dizzy. Anxiety.
Heartburn
Top symptoms: Burning feeling in chest, Burning worse after eating, Acid in throat
Hemicrania Continua
Top symptoms: Pressure and pain at top of sinus on affected side, Tearing/Redness of the eye on affected side, One-sided 24/7 headache (grinding pain), Headache Flares- multiple times a day (5-10) last a few min.-hours (sharp stabbing pain) also only on one side
Hepatitis C
Top symptoms: Fatigue
Hereditary Spherocytosis
Top symptoms: Fatigue, Stomach pain, Jaundice at birth, Spleen and/or liver Weeping/tearing
Herpes
Top symptoms: Sores, Pain, Swollen glands
Hypochlorhydria
Top symptoms: feeling full for a long time after meals, excruciating stomach pain, acute pain until bowel movement
Insomnia
Top symptoms: Waking up at night, Daytime irritability, Daytime fatigue, difficulty falling asleep at night
Internal Vaginal Staph Infection
Top symptoms: Burning, unbearable pain in the pelvis. Swollen vagina, negative for yeast, negative for stds, negative for bacterial vaginosis
Interstitial Cystitis
Top symptoms: urinary frequency, urinary urgency, pelvic pain, burning
Irregular Heart Beat
Top symptoms: palpitations, lower back pain
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Top symptoms: Cramping, diarrhea, Flatulence, Bloating
Keloid
Top symptoms: Recurrence after surgery, Stabbing pains, Itching, Continued growth
Keratosis Pilaris
Top symptoms: Small, acne-like bumps on skin, Redness, Painless bumps on skin
Kidney Stones
Top symptoms: Fatigue, Severe Pain, Nausea
Knee Pain
Top symptoms: dull ache in the knee, pain when the effected leg is bearing weight, sharp pain in the knee, pain when the effected leg is NOT bearing weight
Lactose Intolerance
Top symptoms: Bloating, Gassy, Stomach pain, Vomiting
Lichen Planus
Top symptoms: Rows of flat-topped bumps, purple/pink/red, redness, itch, Burning sensation
Lichen Sclerosis
Top symptoms: vulvular pain and itching, vulvar tearing
Liver Disease
Top symptoms: Muscle aches and pains, Depression, Fatigue, Loss of sex drive
Lower Back Pain
Top symptoms: radiating leg pain, Pelvic Pain, Forward bend pain
Luteal Phase Defect
Top symptoms: Infertility, Migraine, Increased moodiness, PMS
Mastocytosis
Top symptoms: Abdominal cramping
Meniere's Disease
Top symptoms: sensation of pressure or pain in affected ear, dizziness, tinnitus, vertigo
Methylmalonic Acidemia
Top symptoms: Chronic pain in the tailbone
Migraine
Top symptoms: Nagging Pain in one side of head, pounding head, nausea, Fatigue
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Top symptoms: palpitations, fatigue, anxiety, dizziness
Mouth Ulcers
Top symptoms: Painful sores inside the mouth
Multiple Sclerosis
Top symptoms: Poor balance, Fatigue, Numbness
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Top symptoms: trigger points, nerve pain, fatigue
Neck Pain
Top symptoms: Neck stiffness, Dull pain in neck, Sharp pain in neck, Shoulder pain
Neuralgia
Top symptoms: Increased skin sensitivity, Pain along the path of a specific nerve, Constant, burning pain, Sharp, stabbing pain
Neurological Problems And Chronic Pain
Top symptoms: chronic pain, weakness, back pain
Neuromuscular Migraine
Top symptoms: headache, neck pain, sensitivity to light
Neuropathy
Top symptoms: numbness (but painful numbness), tingling, stabbing pain, exquisite sensitivity in affected area
New Daily Persistent Headache
Top symptoms: no known trigger, pain levels vary during the day, begins at random, daily headache(s)
Nicotine Addiction
Top symptoms: tooth pain, fatigue, unfocused, sleep apnea
Night Cramps
Top symptoms: spasm of muscle in calf, spasming of muscles in foot, ankles, shins, curling toes, total muscle lock in both lower legs simultaneously
Obesity
Top symptoms: fatigue, Lower back pain, Joint Stress, Accumulation of excess fat
Obstructive sleep apnea
Top symptoms: breathing pauses during sleep, extreme fatigue, Loud snoring, Restless tossing and turning during sleep
Occipital Neuralgia
Top symptoms: shoulder pain, neck spasms, headache, neck pain
Occipital Neuritis
Top symptoms: Piercing pain on one side of head, Neck pain, Neck tenderness, ear ache, headache
Orchialgia
Top symptoms: chronic testicular pain lasting more than 3 months, have been put on antibiotics for less than 2 weeks, have relied on NSAIDs or other "pain killers"
Osteoarthritis
Top symptoms: Crunchy, crackly sounds in joints, ie. neck, Intense pain in affected areas, Immobility, Stiffness and lack of mobility
Osteoporosis
Top symptoms: bone pain, pins and needles, pressure, fatigue
Ovarian Cancer
Top symptoms: lower back pain, initial symptoms include bloating, fatigue, intestinal discomfort. These symptoms may be mild and easily overlooked. Bloating can be shrugged off as weight gain.
Ovarian Cysts
Top symptoms: excesive bleeding at period, pain/discomfort durring intercourse, pain, back pain
pain during sex
Top symptoms: vulvodynia, secondary vulvodynia, stabbing pain, burning around vulva
Palindromic Rheumatism
Top symptoms: Chronic but sporadic joint pain, lasting for a day or two each time, often in finger and toe joints., general feeling of unwell, joint swelling
Parkinson's Disease
Top symptoms: Memory loss, Cramping, Resting tremor, Fatigue
PCOS
Top symptoms: weight gain or difficulty losing weight, irregular menstrual cycles, acne, depression
Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
Top symptoms: vaginal discharge, pain worse when sitting, abnormal menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain
Pelvic Floor dysfunction
Top symptoms: painful intercourse
Pinched Nerve
Top symptoms: Pain
Piriformis Syndrome
Top symptoms: upper leg pain, numbness in the leg, lower back pain, hip pain
Polycythemia
Top symptoms: Dizziness
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Top symptoms: Aching and muscle stiffness in hips, Fatigue, Weakness, Aching and stiffness in thighs
Primary Adrenal Insuffiency
Top symptoms: Progressive Fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, amenorrhea
Prostate Cancer
Top symptoms: Difficulty urinating, Weak urine flow, Frequent urination, especially at night
Prostatitis
Top symptoms: Pain when urinating, Increased urinary urgency, Increased urinary frequency, Pain in prostate, lower back, or groin
Psoriatic arthritis
Top symptoms: Joint inflammation, Joint pain, Swelling of the fingers, Joints that are warm to touch
Pudendal Neuralgia
Top symptoms: pain with sitting, pain genitals, painful intercourse, burning in vulvar area
Pulmonary Hypertension
Top symptoms: Shortness of breath, Fatigue
Reactive Arthritis
Top symptoms: stiff joints
Restless Legs Syndrome
Top symptoms: worse at night, uncomfortable, compelling urge to move legs, worse during rest or inactivity, Symptoms are relieved by movement
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Top symptoms: Joint pain, Fatigue, Joint swelling, Joints that are tender to touch
Sacroiliitis
Top symptoms: Pain and stiffness in lower back, Pain in buttocks, Decreased range of motion, irritable sacral-iliac joint
Sarcoidosis
Top symptoms: Shortness of breath, Fatigue, Arthritis in ankles, elbows, wrists and hands
Sciatica
Top symptoms: leg pain, Lower back pain, Numbness in the leg
Scleroderma
Top symptoms: Gradual hardening, thickening and tightening of skin, Fatigue
Sclerosing Cholangitis
Top symptoms: Chronic liver pain
Shoulder Pain
Top symptoms: weakness in the arm, pain in shoulder when lifting the arm above the head, pain when resting the arm
Sjogren's Syndrome
Top symptoms: Dry mouth, Dry eyes, Dry skin, Dry nose
Spinal Stenosis
Top symptoms: Hip pain, Pain in legs, Radiating back pain
Stomach Pain
Top symptoms: burning sensation, sharp pains
Stress Fracture Foot
Top symptoms: Pain in top of foot, pain on side of 5th metatarsal pain on top of foot, made better by rest
Syringomyelia
Top symptoms: Shoulder pain, Headaches, Pain arms/hands
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Top symptoms: Joint pain, Fatigue, Mouth sores
Tendinitis
Top symptoms: knee pain
Tension Myositis Syndrome
Top symptoms: hip pain, lower back pain, knee pain, chronic fatigue syndrome
Thoracic Disc Herniation
Top symptoms: back pain, crushing feeling in mid back, radiating numbness, inability to sit longer than 20 minutes
TMJ Disorder
Top symptoms: bruxism (grinding of the teeth), popping noises in jaw upon opening mouth, Jaw tenderness
Ulcerative colitis
Top symptoms: Rectal inflammation, Abdominal cramping, Rectal bleeding
Ureaplasma
Top symptoms: Pelvic pain, Vaginal discharge, fatigue, Feeling you have to urinate all the time
Urethral Stricture
Top symptoms: diameter of urethra very small, split stream, pain during urination, increased frequency of urination
Urinary Tract Infections
Top symptoms: cloudy urine, Pressure in lower pelvis, Frequent or urgent need to urinate, Need to urinate at night
Vaginismus
Top symptoms: Muscle Spasms- Vaginally, Sharp, Stabbing Pain, Not able to tolerate Intercourse at all, Painful Intercourse
Vitamin D Deficiency
Top symptoms: fatigue, headaches, low energy, muscle weakness
Vulvar Vestibulitis
Top symptoms: Vestibular redness, Pain on penetration, Pain on contact, Burning in vestibular area
Whole Body Chronic Pain
Top symptoms: pain, pain in all mussles, muscle pain
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