RE: VAGINITIS (various causes)

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These are the points Ifound most interesting. thanks for the information. hugs, ML

DeeTroll wrote:

From Dr. R. Jelovseks E newsletter

Causes of chronic vaginitis December 17, 2006

Almost 20% of the patients had two or more causes for the symptoms. Post menopausal estrogen deficiency can be associated with an atrophic vaginitis which is a form of bacterial vaginitis. It is often associated with other types of vaginitis but the treatment is topical estrogen therapy rather than any antibiotics. . Vulvar vestibulitis is a poorly understood condition of the vulvar skin that is a non bacterial inflammation of skin glands at the opening to the vagina. It causes pain with touching or intercourse.There is not as much discharge with this condition and antibiotics do not help reduce symptoms at all. The investigators found that women who had chronic vaginal symptoms also had other pain syndromes such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis, migraines etc., more frequently. They also had more allergy, asthma and skin conditions suggesting a tendency toward an immune response that causes the vulvar skin conditions.

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Original article in full at:

Obstetrics & Gynecology 2006;108:1185-1191 © 2006 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/108/5/1185

Analysis of a Prospective Database of Affected Women Nyirjesy, MD, Peyton, MD, M. Velma Weitz, MSN, PhD, Leny Mathew, MS and F. Culhane, PhD