1- If you don’t live with chronic pain, a blog like Help My Hurt may help you understand what it is like to live with pain and maybe how to help someone who is..

2- If you are living with chronic pain, you can see that you’re not alone; that there are others who are fighting a similar battle.

3- We discuss lesser known causes of pain, such as vulvodynia (vulvodynia and vulvar vestibulitis).

4- I find the latest press releases about new pain relief medications.

5- We discuss alternative methods of dealing with pain.

6- People are welcome to and do share their stories of living with pain (Company’s Calling)

7- Experts and guests come and share their knowledge and answer questions.

8- We view the lighter things in life sometimes (Friday Funnies).

9- I share links to websites and blogs that I think Help My Hurt readers will find interesting and helpful.

10- Because I hope to make this the most comprehensive site on the topic of pain on the Internet and a “must visit” when it comes to pain and pain-related issues!

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10 reasons you should read Help My Hurt

And V is for…

Vulvodynia: Women who have pain in the vulva, the external female genitalia, experience vulvodynia. This pain can be
irritation or it can be sharp and burning. The pain can be referred
– or felt elsewhere in the pelvic region as well. Here are some sites that can help explain what vulvodynia is:

• National Vulvodynia Association
• Vulval Pain Society
• MayoClinic.com

Vasculitis: The simple explanation is that vasculitis is the inflammation of the blood vessels; the more complicated explanation is that this illness can cause pain but doctors don’t know why and don’t know what causes it. The pain can come from direct damage to the blood vessels themselves, or to the tissues that usually receive nutrients from the blood vessels but as they die off from lack of nutrition, they cause pain.

To learn more about vasculitis, you can check out these sites:

• Introduction: Vasculitic Disorders: Merck Manual Home Edition
• Vasculitis Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment on …
• Vasculitis – MayoClinic.com

Vertebral fracture: The bones in your back that lie one on top of the other to form your spinal column, can be broken. This can be through trauma (car or diving accident, for example), or through diseases like osteoporosis. Either way, the result can be very painful.

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ABCs of pain: V is for…

Many people don’t realize that chronic pain can have many causes. Most of us know someone who is in pain because of a back injury, an old sports injury, or a car accident – but there are many illnesses and disorders that cause chronic pain too. I’ll be building up a resource of them for you, and here are the first 5 on the list. Hopefully, this will help bring some issues up for discussion.

Diabetes

Are you surprised to see diabetes on the list? Many people are. One of the complications of diabetes is diabetic neuropathy.

Endometriosis

Statistics in the United States vary, saying that between 5 and 20% of women of child-bearing age have some form of endometriosis.

Vulvodynia and vulvar vestibulitis

These are little known but very painful and life-affecting. Learn about vulvodynia and vulvar vestibulitis.

Multiple Sclerosis

This disease is characterized by weakness and people losing the ability to do things, but it can also be very painful. You can read about how this happens here: Multiple sclerosis.

Shingles

Shingles (herpes zoster) is a painful virus that lasts a few weeks in most people. It can leave behind a life-time of pain and discomfort in up to 20% of those who have shingles. These people develop postherpetic neuralgia.

I’ll be adding more disorders and diseases that cause chronic pain – as always, suggestions are always welcome!

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5 illnesses you may not have thought cause chronic pain

Women who have pain in the vulva, the external female genitalia, experience vulvodynia. The term vulvar vestibulitis means specific pain in a specific area of the vulva. This pain can be irritation or it can be sharp and burning. The pain can be referred – or felt elsewhere in the pelvic region as well.

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms of vulvodynia may be constant or they may come and go. They include:

·         Burning

·         Itching

·         Painful intercourse

·         Rawness

·         Soreness

·         Stinging

·         Throbbing

Why does it cause pain?

It is a neuropathic pain, pain from the nerves.

What can be done?

Different medications used to treat peripheral neuropathy have been successful for some people, as have treatments such as biofeedback and local anesthetics.

For more in-depth information, here are some sites that have reliable and up-to-date information:

National Vulvodynia Association

Vulval Pain Society

MayoClinic.com

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Vulvodynia and vulvar vestibulitis