Jul 20 2008
IC Disease, Vulvodynia, Pelvic Pain In the News
I was only able to find a few posts this week on IC Disease, Vulvodynia and related conditions on the web. There needs to be more websites that talk about these chronic issues we deal with! Below are the article names, excerpts and links to the articles. Enjoy reading!
Chronic Gynecological Conditions - No More Silence
The first Polish website about persistent vulvar pain – vulvodynia – opens to the public. The team of psychotherapists located in Warsaw end silence and openly write on the condition which is mostly unknown in Central Europe. The NIH funded studies conclude that vulvodynia affects one out of six woman and is commonly misdiagnosed as candida or infections.
Defining the Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: A New Beginning
The follow-up workshop was held in Bethesda, MD on June 16th and 17th with guest participants from Europe, Asia, and North America and was open to the public and patient organizations. Its purpose was to assemble a group of international experts in urology, gastroenterology, internal medicine, rheumatology, epidemiology, behavioral science and other disciplines with a goal to re-characterize the two most common urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes, interstitial cystitis (IC) and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). The meeting was seen as a prelude to the “Multidisciplinary Approach to Pelvic Pain (MAPP) multicenter program, set to begin later this summer. Centers for the MAPP have not been officially announced.
Pelvic Floor Study
A new study can help women find treatment for pelvic floor troubles. Currently about one in nine women undergo surgery to treat pelvic floor problems.
Defining The Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: A New Beginning - An International Symposium
While no conclusions were reached, several interesting papers led to wide ranging discussions on the following topics:
– Is the perception of chronic pelvic pain organ and gender specific?
– Would a questionnaire need to be gender specific?
– Are the current definitions too restrictive?
– What is the relationship between urologic pelvic pain syndromes and the other chronic pelvic pain syndromes?
– Is the relationship an epiphenomenon or do these relationships provide a clue to common pathophysiology?
