Vulvodynia StatsSurvey Book

Symptoms|Treatments|Causes|Related Conditions

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Classic symptoms most people have	% of members
burning	95% (479)
pain	92% (437)
rawness	88% (448)
pain during sex	86% (431)
stinging	85% (436)
Redness/inflammation	83% (438)

Symptoms where people often differ	% of members
itch	73% (441)
nerve like pain	73% (411)
constant burning	71% (423)
unable to sit for long	68% (408)
Generalized pain all over (contact or not)	62% (395)
shooting pain upward inside the vagina (spasm)	59% (404)
uretha is irritated	57% (405)
discharge - with no infection	60% (281)
Dull aching sensation	58% (312)
Feels like UTI, but tests negative	58% (291)
Feels like the muscles in the vagina are tight	59% (263)
dry and irritated	63% (178)
clitoral pain	54% (398)
stabbing	54% (395)
pain during period	55% (324)
labial swelling	55% (308)
Swollen, red all around vaginal area	60% (189)
tearing/ripping feeling	52% (393)
prickly feeling	52% (374)
pain last after intercourse	63% (112)
ibs symptoms	50% (296)
feels like acid on vulva	60% (82)
pain only on contact	43% (395)
Pain worst before period	43% (378)
burning around anal opening	48% (196)
hurts to urinate after sex	48% (178)
burning after contact with sperm	41% (354)
labial throbbing	44% (207)
vulva area feels swollen after sitting for to long	53% (80)
really feel the cold	41% (287)
dripping feeling	38% (381)
suicide thoughts	41% (177)
can not sit, stand, walk, run for to long	47% (78)
recurring yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis	41% (130)
itchiness worse before period	35% (266)
seem to pick up infections and colds easily	34% (283)
headaches due to hormones	32% (302)
severe burning that lasts for hours after urination	35% (165)
pain with arousal	34% (170)
leak urine	33% (168)
hair pulling feeling	28% (380)
buzzing sensation like vibrations in pelvic area	28% (373)
hair thinning	27% (367)
Dragging sensation in vagina	27% (355)
Unable to go walking as exercise	31% (147)
pain worst after period	25% (313)
gravelly feeling in labia	26% (180)
nerve like pain down legs to feet	27% (135)
nerve damage	27% (81)
Chronic allergic reaction in vulva area	50% (6)
abdominal muscle tightness	25% (12)

Rare symptoms	% of members
bleeding	19% (390)
heavy muscle spasm	21% (193)
temperature extremes can trigger	20% (231)
split/cracked vulvar skin	20% (162)
Dysmenhorrea	17% (195)
aching heels	16% (188)
burning on back of legs	16% (184)
Pain since childhood	13% (262)
burning mouth syndrome	13% (186)
Symptoms of PCOS	11% (188)
geographic tongue	10% (156)
peeling of labial skin	9% (183)
Sensitive area pale in color	6% (49)
high prolactin level	4% (145)
tender laparoscopy scars on skin	8% (12)
rectal muscular cramping after bowel movement	8% (12)