Vulvar disorders - excellent site/Private Practice

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JEssica, This isn't rare at all. I think the last figure I read was above 10million in the U.S. alone. See this site: http://www.google.com/search?q=frequency+vulvar+vestibulitis+in+U.S. & sourceid=navclient-ff & ie=UTF-8 & rls=GGGL, GGGL:enWhere it is written: "Vulvodynia is frequently misdiagnosed. In a general gynecologic practice population, the prevalence of this condition may be as high as 15 percent"ALso see: http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/resources/show_res.cfm?ID=42285 Hueber wrote: I'm so excited! I don't know if any of you watch the "Grey's Anatomy"spin-off show on ABC called "Private Practice." (And sorry if thishas already been posted... I get daily digest). Well, the

doctor onthe show is a gynocologist, . One of her patients tonight onthe show has Vulvar Vestibulitis. She had been trying to figure outwhy this chick couldn't have sex and she found out she had VVS andsomething else (I forget, maybe she said vulvadynia.. couldn't hearcause i wasn't paying attention at first). Anyway, she explained whatit was (the nerve endings, etc) and said she was going to give shotsof lidocaine and such. i was hoping that they wouldn't say this wasthe cure, and they didn't. when the woman asked if she was going to becured, doc didn't answer her.it's probably dumb, but i'm actually happy that someone addressed this(even if only momentarily) on a primetime tv show. it's such a raredisorder (and probably why it was shown)... but maybe it'll helpsomeone who has VVS and hasn't been diagnosed to figure out what she has. **IF REPLYING TO THIS POST, PLEASE REMOVE ORIGINAL

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