What is Vulvodynia (sometimes the cause of Chronic Pelvic Pain or Chronic Pelvic Pain Symptom)?
Ellen used to be a happy, active woman. She has two children, a loving husband and a stable job. Ellen used to look forward to starting her day every morning; however, things gradually changed about 3 years ago. She started feeling a burning on the outer portion of her vagina after placing a tampon or after intercourse. Over the course of a few months, the symptoms got progressively worse. She could barely work at the office because the burning was constant when she sat in her chair for too long. She used to love to swim every morning, but became afraid that a bathing suit could make her symptoms worse. She became so uncomfortable that she could not even think of having intercourse with her husband. This made her feel guilty and responsible for the new tension that was building in their marriage. In fact, she felt this problem was destroying her life and it had become all that she could think about throughout her day. She had trouble sleeping or doing any of the activities that used to
