Vulval Pain and Discomfort

Many women experience vulval pain or itching at some time in their lives. Some women have to deal with vulval pain for many months or years because of mis-diagnosis and incorrect treatments. There are many different causes for pain, itching and inflammation of a woman's genital area. These webpages give an overview of the different types of vulval pain and discomfort and also looks at two forms of vulval pain for which no specific cause has been found: vulval vestibulitis and dysaesthetic vulvodynia.