Publications by authors named "Vaishnavi Govind"
Introduction: Vulvodynia is a chronic pain condition with potential associated factors, including musculoskeletal and psychosocial components.
Aim: This study explores the prevalence of pain-related anxiety and depression in women with provoked vestibulodynia with associated overactive pelvic floor muscle dysfunction (PVD-PFD).
Methods: A retrospective chart review of 352 women presenting to 2 urban vulvovaginal specialty clinics over the course of a year was conducted.
Background: Although spironolactone is an effective treatment for androgen-mediated cutaneous disorders, the potential sexual side-effects are poorly documented in current literature.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to provide clinical evidence that spironolactone may be a cause of hormonally associated vestibulodynia and female sexual arousal disorder.
Methods: A database search of a vulvar disorders clinic revealed 7 cases in which spironolactone may have caused or contributed to dyspareunia and decreased arousal.
Objectives: Logistical and economic issues make traditional cytology-based cervical cancer screening challenging in developing countries. Alternative, cost-effective, screening strategies must be developed to screen millions of women in resource-poor countries such as Cambodia.
Design: A prospective cohort study during which all women underwent four cervical cancer screening methods: (1) self-sampled human papilloma virus (HPV) testing (careHPV system), (2) clinician-collected HPV testing, (3) visualization with acetic acid (VIA) and (4) digital colposcopy (DC) with the Enhanced Visual Assessment System (EVA).