Vulvodynia StatsSurvey

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Classic symptoms most people have	% of members
burning	96% (461)
pain	93% (421)
rawness	88% (431)
pain during sex	86% (413)
stinging	85% (420)
Redness/inflammation	84% (424)

Symptoms where people often differ	% of members
itch	73% (424)
constant burning	72% (406)
nerve like pain	72% (393)
unable to sit for long	68% (391)
Generalized pain all over (contact or not)	63% (381)
uretha is irritated	58% (390)
shooting pain upward inside the vagina (spasm)	58% (390)
Feels like the muscles in the vagina are tight	60% (250)
Dull aching sensation	58% (298)
discharge - with no infection	59% (266)
Swollen, red all around vaginal area	63% (175)
clitoral pain	54% (384)
dry and irritated	63% (164)
stabbing	54% (381)
Feels like UTI, but tests negative	57% (275)
labial swelling	56% (294)
pain during period	55% (311)
tearing/ripping feeling	53% (379)
prickly feeling	52% (360)
pain last after intercourse	63% (98)
ibs symptoms	49% (282)
pain only on contact	43% (381)
burning around anal opening	49% (183)
Pain worst before period	43% (365)
feels like acid on vulva	60% (67)
hurts to urinate after sex	48% (163)
burning after contact with sperm	41% (340)
labial throbbing	44% (193)
really feel the cold	41% (273)
vulva area feels swollen after sitting for to long	53% (66)
can not sit, stand, walk, run for to long	52% (67)
dripping feeling	37% (366)
suicide thoughts	42% (163)
recurring yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis	43% (115)
seem to pick up infections and colds easily	36% (269)
itchiness worse before period	36% (253)
pain with arousal	36% (157)
severe burning that lasts for hours after urination	36% (152)
headaches due to hormones	31% (288)
leak urine	34% (154)
hair pulling feeling	28% (366)
buzzing sensation like vibrations in pelvic area	28% (358)
hair thinning	27% (352)
Dragging sensation in vagina	27% (341)
Unable to go walking as exercise	32% (133)
pain worst after period	25% (300)
gravelly feeling in labia	26% (166)
nerve like pain down legs to feet	25% (122)
nerve damage	28% (68)

Rare symptoms	% of members
bleeding	19% (377)
heavy muscle spasm	21% (179)
temperature extremes can trigger	20% (218)
split/cracked vulvar skin	21% (149)
Dysmenhorrea	18% (182)
aching heels	15% (175)
Pain since childhood	14% (248)
burning on back of legs	15% (170)
burning mouth syndrome	13% (173)
Symptoms of PCOS	11% (175)
geographic tongue	11% (142)
peeling of labial skin	9% (170)
Sensitive area pale in color	8% (36)
high prolactin level	5% (133)