Editorial: Vulvodynia and beyond: innate immune sensing, microbes, inflammation, and chronic pain
Megan L. Falsetta · 2023
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Description
Falsetta opens a study set in twenty twenty-three on vulvodynia, a lasting vulvar pain with no clear visible cause. Patients feel burning or stabbing pain, wait months or years for a diagnosis, and climb a ladder of treatments that may end in surgery. The condition drags down quality of life and is often met with stigma or dismissal, she notes.
The set she introduces focuses on early immune sensing, microbes, and inflammation as drivers of the pain. New rodent and cell models built over the past decade now let labs probe mechanisms and screen therapies. Falsetta frames the set as a step toward better screening, faster diagnosis, and kinder, better-funded care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Megan L. Falsetta |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |