Conditions
Problems affecting this area include:
- Infection with Candida albicans (candidiasis or "yeast infection")
- Bacterial vaginosis (BV) associated with the Gardnerella, formerly called "nonspecific vaginitis"
- Trichomoniasis
- Vulvodynia
- Vestibulodynia
- Urinary bladder infection, urinary tract infection (UTI), cystitis, Urethritis
- Various types of prolapse (where another pelvic organ protrudes into the vagina)
- Lichen Sclerosis (auto-immune disorder)
- Cervical cancer (may be prevented by Pap smear screening and HPV vaccines)
- Genital warts (may be prevented by HPV vaccines)
- Vulvar cancer
Read more about this topic: Vulvovaginal Health
Famous quotes containing the word conditions:
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—Guy Debord (b. 1931)
“For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocency, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent: his baseness and going upon his belly, his volubility and lubricity, his envy and sting, and the rest; that is, all forms and natures of evil: for without this, virtue lieth open and unfenced.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
“There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in life and driving her to carry out man’s duties in order to be equal in rights.”
—Muammar Qaddafi (b. 1938)