@article{713caa6dfef84746a4567c35900dbfff,
title = "Sexual pain and IC/BPS in women",
abstract = "Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and female sexual dysfunction (FSD) are common conditions that substantially reduce women's health. In particular, women with IC/BPS show vulvodynia, a kind of FDS that originates from consistent pain around the vulvar area. There have been many studies attempting to find the underlying mechanisms that induce the chronic pain associated with IC/BPS and vulvodynia and explain why these two conditions often coexist. Proposed theories suggest that pain hypersensitivity is being mediated by peripheral and central sensitization. However, there are still many unknown factors, such as etiologies, that can evoke pain hypersensitivity and may be linking the casual relationship between IC/BPS and vulvodynia. At present, knowledge regarding IC/BPS and vulvodynia are insufficient when considering their clinical importance. Therefore, efforts are necessary to elucidate the issues surrounding IC/BPS and vulvodynia.",
keywords = "Chronic pain, Cystitis, Lower urinary tract symptoms, Quality of life, Sexual dysfunction, Vulvodynia, interstitial",
author = "Kim, {Su Jin} and Jayoung Kim and Hana Yoon",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Mr. Taeeun Daniel Park and Mr. Austin Yeon for careful review and editing the manuscript. The authors acknowledge support from National Institutes of Health grants (1U01DK103260), Department of Defense grants (W81XWH-15-1-0415 and W81XWH-19-1-0109), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1U01DP006079), the Steven Spielberg Discovery Fund in Prostate Cancer Research Career Development Award, the U.S.-Egypt Science and Technology Development Fund by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) 2017 Collaborative Research Travel Grant (CRTG), and Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics (SECIM) Pilot and Feasibility Grant (to J.K.). This funding source had no role in the design of this study and will not have any role during its execution, analyses, interpretation of the data, or decision to submit results. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 The Author(s).",
year = "2019",
month = jun,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1186/s12894-019-0478-0",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
journal = "BMC Urology",
issn = "1471-2490",
publisher = "BioMed Central Ltd.",
number = "1",
}