Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorder
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
Genito pelvic pain/penetration disorder (GPPPD) is a combination of painful sex (dyspareunia) and involuntary vaginal muscle spasms (vaginismus). A persistent condition, it’s diagnosed by extreme pain or ongoing discomfort, usually while trying to have sex.
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Wiki Number: 21-Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorder
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Symptoms: combines vaginismus and dyspareunia, pain from penetration
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Causes: No aversion to sexual intercouse is assumed in the diagnosis.
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Therapies: dilator-practice
Youtube Video: Evaluation of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women
Amazon or Library Book: Living With Sex
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Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
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- Online Graded Motor Imagery Is Effective in Women Diagnosed with Pelvic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trialby Aida Lopez-Brull on November 14, 2024
CONCLUSION: An online Graded Motor Imagery program is effective in alleviating the pain burden faced by women dealing with GPPPD.
- The Vaginal Penetration Skills Scale (VPSS): a paradigm shift in genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder screening, assessment, and stratificationby Mariana Maldonado on October 15, 2024
CONCLUSION: These results support the reliability and psychometric validity of the VPSS as a self-report measure to screen, assess, and stratify GPPPD symptoms.
- Medical gendered racism and Black women's experiences of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder in the USA - A conceptual explorationby Katharina A Azim on September 4, 2024
Medical gendered racism in the USA has been and continues to be a significant issue for Black women across various healthcare domains, including sexual and pelvic healthcare. The experiences of Black women with Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder, characterised by pain with sexual intercourse, are particularly understudied in relation to medical gendered racism. This paper advances existing research on Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder by employing Black feminist thought and...
- A preliminary study on the effect of trauma-focused therapies on sexual dysfunctions in women with PTSD after childhood abuseby Regina Steil on January 11, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest a positive association between effective PTSD treatments and improvements in sexual functioning of women with PTSD after child abuse.