Vulvodynia StatsSurvey

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Classic symptoms most people have	% of members
burning	96% (462)
pain	93% (422)
rawness	88% (432)
pain during sex	86% (414)
stinging	85% (421)
Redness/inflammation	84% (425)

Symptoms where people often differ	% of members
itch	73% (425)
constant burning	72% (407)
nerve like pain	72% (394)
unable to sit for long	68% (392)
Generalized pain all over (contact or not)	63% (382)
uretha is irritated	59% (391)
shooting pain upward inside the vagina (spasm)	58% (391)
discharge - with no infection	60% (267)
Feels like the muscles in the vagina are tight	60% (250)
Swollen, red all around vaginal area	64% (176)
Dull aching sensation	58% (299)
Feels like UTI, but tests negative	58% (276)
dry and irritated	63% (165)
clitoral pain	54% (385)
stabbing	54% (382)
labial swelling	56% (295)
pain during period	55% (311)
tearing/ripping feeling	53% (380)
prickly feeling	52% (361)
pain last after intercourse	63% (99)
ibs symptoms	49% (283)
pain only on contact	43% (382)
burning around anal opening	49% (184)
Pain worst before period	43% (366)
feels like acid on vulva	60% (68)
hurts to urinate after sex	48% (164)
burning after contact with sperm	41% (341)
labial throbbing	44% (194)
really feel the cold	41% (274)
vulva area feels swollen after sitting for to long	54% (67)
dripping feeling	38% (367)
can not sit, stand, walk, run for to long	53% (68)
suicide thoughts	41% (164)
seem to pick up infections and colds easily	36% (270)
recurring yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis	42% (116)
itchiness worse before period	36% (254)
severe burning that lasts for hours after urination	37% (153)
pain with arousal	35% (158)
headaches due to hormones	31% (289)
leak urine	34% (155)
hair pulling feeling	28% (367)
buzzing sensation like vibrations in pelvic area	28% (359)
Unable to go walking as exercise	33% (134)
hair thinning	27% (353)
Dragging sensation in vagina	27% (342)
pain worst after period	25% (301)
gravelly feeling in labia	26% (167)
nerve like pain down legs to feet	26% (123)
nerve damage	28% (69)

Rare symptoms	% of members
temperature extremes can trigger	21% (219)
bleeding	19% (378)
heavy muscle spasm	21% (180)
split/cracked vulvar skin	21% (149)
Dysmenhorrea	17% (183)
burning on back of legs	16% (171)
aching heels	15% (176)
Pain since childhood	14% (249)
burning mouth syndrome	14% (174)
Symptoms of PCOS	11% (176)
geographic tongue	11% (143)
peeling of labial skin	9% (171)
Sensitive area pale in color	8% (37)
high prolactin level	4% (134)