Vulvodynia StatsSurvey Book

Symptoms|Treatments|Causes|Related Conditions

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Classic symptoms most people have	% of members
burning	95% (482)
pain	92% (438)
rawness	88% (451)
pain during sex	86% (433)
stinging	85% (439)
Redness/inflammation	83% (441)

Symptoms where people often differ	% of members
itch	73% (444)
nerve like pain	73% (412)
constant burning	72% (425)
unable to sit for long	68% (409)
Generalized pain all over (contact or not)	62% (396)
shooting pain upward inside the vagina (spasm)	59% (405)
uretha is irritated	57% (406)
discharge - with no infection	60% (283)
Feels like UTI, but tests negative	59% (294)
Feels like the muscles in the vagina are tight	60% (265)
Dull aching sensation	58% (314)
dry and irritated	63% (180)
clitoral pain	54% (399)
stabbing	54% (396)
Swollen, red all around vaginal area	61% (190)
labial swelling	55% (308)
pain during period	54% (325)
tearing/ripping feeling	52% (394)
prickly feeling	52% (376)
pain last after intercourse	63% (113)
ibs symptoms	50% (298)
feels like acid on vulva	60% (83)
pain only on contact	43% (396)
hurts to urinate after sex	49% (179)
burning around anal opening	48% (197)
Pain worst before period	42% (379)
burning after contact with sperm	41% (354)
labial throbbing	44% (209)
vulva area feels swollen after sitting for to long	53% (81)
really feel the cold	41% (288)
dripping feeling	38% (383)
suicide thoughts	42% (178)
can not sit, stand, walk, run for to long	47% (79)
itchiness worse before period	35% (267)
recurring yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis	40% (131)
seem to pick up infections and colds easily	34% (284)
severe burning that lasts for hours after urination	36% (166)
headaches due to hormones	32% (303)
pain with arousal	34% (171)
leak urine	33% (169)
hair pulling feeling	28% (382)
buzzing sensation like vibrations in pelvic area	28% (375)
hair thinning	27% (368)
Dragging sensation in vagina	27% (356)
Unable to go walking as exercise	30% (148)
pain worst after period	25% (314)
gravelly feeling in labia	26% (181)
nerve like pain down legs to feet	26% (136)
nerve damage	28% (82)
Chronic allergic reaction in vulva area	43% (7)

Rare symptoms	% of members
heavy muscle spasm	22% (194)
bleeding	19% (391)
temperature extremes can trigger	20% (232)
split/cracked vulvar skin	20% (163)
Dysmenhorrea	17% (196)
aching heels	16% (189)
burning on back of legs	16% (185)
Pain since childhood	13% (263)
burning mouth syndrome	13% (187)
abdominal muscle tightness	23% (13)
Symptoms of PCOS	11% (189)
geographic tongue	10% (157)
peeling of labial skin	9% (184)
Sensitive area pale in color	6% (50)
tender laparoscopy scars on skin	8% (13)
rectal muscular cramping after bowel movement	8% (13)
high prolactin level	4% (146)