Vulvodynia StatsSurvey Book

Symptoms|Treatments|Causes|Related Conditions

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Classic symptoms most people have	% of members
burning	95% (478)
pain	93% (436)
rawness	88% (447)
pain during sex	86% (430)
stinging	85% (435)
Redness/inflammation	83% (437)

Symptoms where people often differ	% of members
itch	73% (440)
nerve like pain	72% (410)
constant burning	71% (422)
unable to sit for long	68% (407)
Generalized pain all over (contact or not)	62% (394)
shooting pain upward inside the vagina (spasm)	59% (403)
uretha is irritated	57% (404)
Dull aching sensation	59% (311)
discharge - with no infection	60% (280)
Feels like the muscles in the vagina are tight	60% (262)
Feels like UTI, but tests negative	58% (290)
dry and irritated	63% (177)
clitoral pain	54% (398)
stabbing	54% (394)
Swollen, red all around vaginal area	61% (188)
labial swelling	55% (307)
pain during period	54% (323)
tearing/ripping feeling	52% (392)
prickly feeling	52% (373)
pain last after intercourse	62% (111)
ibs symptoms	49% (295)
feels like acid on vulva	59% (81)
pain only on contact	43% (394)
hurts to urinate after sex	49% (177)
burning around anal opening	48% (195)
Pain worst before period	42% (377)
burning after contact with sperm	41% (353)
labial throbbing	45% (206)
really feel the cold	41% (286)
vulva area feels swollen after sitting for to long	52% (79)
dripping feeling	38% (380)
suicide thoughts	41% (176)
can not sit, stand, walk, run for to long	47% (78)
recurring yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis	41% (129)
itchiness worse before period	35% (265)
seem to pick up infections and colds easily	34% (282)
headaches due to hormones	32% (301)
severe burning that lasts for hours after urination	35% (164)
pain with arousal	34% (169)
leak urine	33% (167)
hair pulling feeling	28% (379)
buzzing sensation like vibrations in pelvic area	28% (372)
hair thinning	27% (366)
Dragging sensation in vagina	27% (355)
Unable to go walking as exercise	31% (146)
pain worst after period	25% (312)
gravelly feeling in labia	26% (179)
nerve like pain down legs to feet	27% (134)
nerve damage	27% (81)
Chronic allergic reaction in vulva area	60% (5)
abdominal muscle tightness	27% (11)

Rare symptoms	% of members
bleeding	19% (390)
heavy muscle spasm	21% (192)
temperature extremes can trigger	20% (230)
split/cracked vulvar skin	20% (161)
Dysmenhorrea	17% (194)
aching heels	16% (187)
burning on back of legs	15% (183)
burning mouth syndrome	14% (185)
Pain since childhood	13% (261)
Symptoms of PCOS	11% (187)
geographic tongue	10% (155)
peeling of labial skin	9% (182)
Sensitive area pale in color	6% (48)
tender laparoscopy scars on skin	9% (11)
rectal muscular cramping after bowel movement	9% (11)
high prolactin level	4% (145)