WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 1999: Re: Painful Clitoris

Re: Painful Clitoris

From: Alta (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 05:56:43 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Kristy wrote: >
>Alta,
>
>You might be suffering from what is called vulvodynia (pain in the
>vulva). I have been diagnosed with this condition. Some women who get
>it have a normal looking clitoris when it comes to coloring and still
>hurt, and others have some redness (that was the case for me). You
>mention the xylocaine. Did your dr prescribe the jelly or the ointment?
>I use them both. I especially use the ointment when I know that the
>jelly won't do a whole lot for this pain. No one knows what causes it,
>but this is something that I know that I will always have to live with.
>Currently I'm using premarin cream mixed with the xylocaine jelly and
>that seems to help a lot.
>
>If you need more information please feel free to e-mail me directly. In
>the mean time, I hope that this helps.
>
>Take care,
>
>Kristy :)
>
>http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Falls/4659/kristyspage.html
>

Thank you for the tip on vulvodynia, Kristy. Also, somewhere else on the WEB I got a tip from a doctor who successfully treated a patient with elavil, an antidepessant.

>At Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Alta wrote:
>>
>>I see that others have posted messages about this problem, but I see no
>>ANSWERS. What can cause severe pain of the clitoris? For 3 weeks now I
>>have had this pain. At times it feels like a raw nerve. There is no
>>redness or other sign of irritation. The culture came back negative.
>>Antibiotics didn't help, yeast infection medicine didn't help, Xylocaine
>>doesn't help. Can anyone out there help?
>>
>>--
>>I find it hard to believe that so many women have had problems with clitoral pain and there have been no answers. Please, isn't there someone out there who KNOWS. My doctor is stumped, too. Clitoral pain that sometimes feels like a raw nerve. No redness or signs of irritation, just pain. Culture comes back negative. Antibitics don't help, yeast infection meds don't help, Xylocaine doesn't help . . . can anyone out there help??
>>

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