ALLMedicine™ Vaginitis Center

Oct 22nd, 2021 - Practice Essentials The types of voiding dysfunction covered in this article consist of daytime voiding disorders in children who do not have neurologic, anatomic, obstructive, or infectious abnormalities of the urinary tract. The disorders examin...

Sep 28th, 2021 - In the last few years, a new clinical entity has emerged which includes patients who consider themselves to be suffering from problems caused by wheat and/or gluten ingestion, even though they do not have CD or wheat allergy. This clinical conditi...

Sep 8th, 2021 - Vaginitis is one of the most common gynecological diseases in women and may severely affect the quality of life in patients. However, very few studies have investigated aerobic vaginitis (AV) in pregnant women, and our study was designed to identi...

Aug 24th, 2021 - Estrogen, the predominant sex hormone, has been found to be related to the occurrence of vaginal infectious diseases. However, its role in the occurrence and development of bacterial vaginitis caused by Escherichia coli is still unclear. The objec...

Aug 16th, 2021 - Practice Essentials Bacterial vaginosis (BV), or nonspecific vaginitis, was named because bacteria are the etiologic agents and an associated inflammatory response is lacking. Many studies have demonstrated the relation of Gardnerella vaginalis wi...

Jun 27th, 2020 - Vulvar skin disorders include a variety of inflammatory conditions of the vulva that also may affect the extragenital area. Pruritus and pain are two of the most common presenting symptoms in vulvar clinics (). Vulvovaginal symptoms often are chro...

Dec 20th, 2019 - Vaginitis is defined as inflammation or infection of the vagina and is associated with a spectrum of symptoms, including vulvovaginal itching, burning, irritation, dyspareunia, "fishy" vaginal odor, and abnormal vaginal discharge. Vaginal symptoms...

Dec 20th, 2019 - Vaginitis is defined as inflammation or infection of the vagina and is associated with a spectrum of symptoms, including vulvovaginal itching, burning, irritation, dyspareunia, "fishy" vaginal odor, and abnormal vaginal discharge. Vaginal symptoms...

May 26th, 2018 - The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, defines eating disorders as a "persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food and that significant...

Sep 28th, 2021 - In the last few years, a new clinical entity has emerged which includes patients who consider themselves to be suffering from problems caused by wheat and/or gluten ingestion, even though they do not have CD or wheat allergy. This clinical conditi...

Apr 28th, 2021 - Probiotic are live microorganisms that grant health effects to the host if consumed in sufficient amounts. Probiotic bacteria, which beneficially affect the host by improving the intestinal microbial balance, may affect the immune response, thus b...

Feb 24th, 2021 - During gynecological exams, vaginal discharge samples will be are taken for testing the pH level, microscopic examination and laboratory examinations (vaginal cultures and sexually transmitted infections). One additional sample will be taken inten...

Feb 23rd, 2021 - Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is the term describing a syndrome of provoked, localized allodynia of the vestibule of the vulva, not explained by another condition, and lasting more than 3 months. PVD is not a defined disease but rather a symptom. ...

Jan 11th, 2021 - Throughout this detailed description, patient and subject will be used interchangeably. Patients presenting to either an acute care setting (Woman's Hospital Assessment Center) or outpatient clinic setting with concerns for rupture of membranes wi...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ibrexafungerp tablets (Brexafemme) as a 1-day oral therapy for vaginal yeast infections, something 3 out of every 4 women encounter at least once in their life. Ibrexafungerp is the first drug...

May 27th, 2021 - Feminizing gender affirmation surgery is a complex genital surgery that most commonly involves removal of natal male genitalia (testes, penile urethra, a majority of the glans penis, penile shaft) and construction of the vulva and/or neovagina uti.

Apr 1st, 2021 - A 30-year-old obese woman visited the emergency department with vaginal bleeding as well as numbness in her legs that was causing her to fall. The patient underwent a lumbar MRI and was admitted. The next day, Dr FP, a family practitioner, evaluat...

Feb 12th, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Matthew F. Watto, MD: Welcome back to The Curbsiders. I'm Dr Matthew Watto, and I'm joined by my two good friends and board-certified internal medicine physicians, Dr Stuart Brigham and Dr Paul Williams...

May 6th, 2020 - Wiesenfeld HC, Meyn LA, Darville T, et al. A randomized controlled trial of ceftriaxone and doxycycline, with or without metronidazole, for the treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease.