000075458 001__ 75458 000075458 005__ 20200117221643.0 000075458 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.crwh.2018.e00079 000075458 0248_ $$2sideral$$a108148 000075458 037__ $$aART-2018-108148 000075458 041__ $$aeng 000075458 100__ $$aVieira-Baptista, P. 000075458 245__ $$aVulvodynia: A disease commonly hidden in plain sight 000075458 260__ $$c2018 000075458 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000075458 5203_ $$aVulvodynia is a poorly recognized entity by clinicians – even by those who deal with female sexual health. While the study of vulvovaginal diseases, including pain disorders, is included in most residency programs in North America, it is acknowledged that clinical exposure may be insufficient. The scenario in the rest of the world is probably no better. Vulvodynia affects at least 6% of women (up to 20% in some series), and can be found at any age and in all ethnic groups. The disease is common and dramatically affects quality of life, beyond the obvious sexual aspect. The importance of investigating vulvar symptoms even in younger women is underlined by studies reporting that the prevalence of vulvodynia among adolescents is similar to that among adult women. The International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD) defined vulvodynia as vulvar pain of at least 3?months'' duration, without clear identifiable cause, which may have potential associated factors– or, more simply, idiopathic vulvar pain. It was subdivided according to location (generalized, localized) and the need of a stimulus to elicit the symptoms (provoked, spontaneous, or mixed). In the terminology recommended in 2015 it was acknowledged that there are potential associated factors... 000075458 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000075458 592__ $$a0.11$$b2018 000075458 593__ $$aObstetrics and Gynecology$$c2018$$dQ4 000075458 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/other$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000075458 700__ $$aLima-Silva, J. 000075458 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-2801-416X$$aPérez-López, F.R.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000075458 700__ $$aPreti, M. 000075458 700__ $$aBornstein, J. 000075458 7102_ $$11004$$2645$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Cirugía,Ginecol.Obstetr.$$cÁrea Obstetricia y Ginecología 000075458 773__ $$g20 (2018), e00079 [3 pp]$$pCase rep. women's health$$tCase reports in women's health$$x2214-9112 000075458 8564_ $$s102009$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75458/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000075458 8564_ $$s119946$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75458/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000075458 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:75458$$particulos$$pdriver 000075458 951__ $$a2020-01-17-22:05:30 000075458 980__ $$aARTICLE