Pruritus Vulvae: A Five-Year Survey

Pumpianski, R; Sheskin, J

doi:10.1159/000254504

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“…Reports on the prevalence of disease or symptoms are most frequently clinic audits of specialized ''vulva'' clinics, individual practices, individual or case series studies, or symptom-or diseasespecific publications. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] The prevalence of the conditions listed will be affected by the age group of the patients, their overall physical well-being, genetic background, and hormonal status. Vulvar symptoms are common in the community and pruritus is a common symptom.…”

Section: Etiology Of Pruritus Vulvaementioning

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Overview of Vulvar Pruritus Through the Life Cycle

Bohl

2005

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Section: Etiology Of Pruritus Vulvaementioning

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“…16,19,21 Allergic contact dermatitis is rare in the pediatric community. This requires the development of delayed hypersensitivity, which generally requires multiple repeated exposures over time although the allergenic potential of compounds varies.…”

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Overview of Vulvar Pruritus Through the Life Cycle

Bohl

2005

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

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“…Pruritus vulvae and scroti may be as common, incapacitating and emotionally disturbing as anal pruritus (1). Originally thought to be psychogenic illnesses, reports indicate that these are psychogenic in only 1.3-7% of cases (121).…”

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Pruritus: A Review

Weißhaar¹,

Kucenic²,

Jr³

2003

Acta Derm Venereol

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The history, neurophysiology, clinical aspects and treatment of pruritus are reviewed in this article. The different forms of pruritus in dermatological and systemic diseases are described, and the various aetiologies and pathophysiology of pruritus in systemic diseases are discussed. Lack of understanding of the neurophysiology and pathophysiology of pruritus has hampered the development of adequate therapies. Nevertheless, the discovery of primary afferent neurons and, presumably, second-order neurons with typical histamine responses mediating pruritic sensations can be regarded as a breakthrough in our understanding of the mechanisms behind pruritus. The number of experimental and therapeutic studies has greatly increased during the past few years, reflecting an increased interest in this topic. However, further effort is needed to develop new therapeutic concepts and clarify some confusion arising from promising case reports and uncontrolled clinical studies. A precise work-up for evaluating patients with pruritus is proposed, which may help the physician to identify the underlying causes and thus to treat the patient appropriately.

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“…The incidence of gonorrhoea has increased rapidly in recent years (I, 5,6). In many countries a sim ilar rise is observed in vaginal candidiasis incidence and this condition is diagnosed more frequently (8). Candida albicans now seems to have replaced Trichomonas vagina/is as the commonest cause of genital symptoms in women (3).…”

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