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Is Vulvodynia an Autoimmune Disease?

Adakah Vulvodynia adalah Penyakit Autoimun?

by Caroline Knight in Peduli

Vulvodynia ialah nama untuk sakit vulva kronik tanpa sebab yang boleh dikenal pasti. Memandangkan ia adalah sangat sukar untuk menentukan puncanya, banyak ujian mungkin diperlukan untuk mendiagnosis vulvodynia di tempat pertama dan menghapuskan kemungkinan punca sakit vulva yang lain. Kerana kekurangan faktor penyebab yang pasti, pada masa lalu terdapat banyak spekulasi bahawa ia boleh menjadi penyakit autoimun.

Jawapan lurus ialah tidak, vulvodynia bukanlah penyakit autoimun. Walau bagaimanapun, ia telah dikaitkan dengan gangguan autoimun yang lain, kerana penyakit autoimun tertentu menyebabkan anda lebih berkemungkinan menghidap sindrom vulvodynia atau vulvar vestibulitis. VVS juga dipanggil vestibulodynia atau vulvar vestibulitis, dan ia pada asasnya vulvodynia, hanya disetempatkan ke vestibule vulvar.

Seperti yang anda pasti sedia maklum, vulvodynia ialah keadaan sakit, jadi jika ia masih belum didiagnosis, Doktor anda perlu menilai anda dengan teliti untuk menghapuskan sebarang kemungkinan penyebab sakit vulva anda.

Jika vulvodynia bukan penyakit autoimun, apakah itu?

Ramai pakar perubatan telah berkonsepkan bahawa vulvodynia adalah sejenis sakit neuropatik, yang bermaksud bahawa gentian saraf dalam vulva berkelakuan seperti serabut sakit; oleh itu mereka mentafsir walaupun sentuhan atau tekanan yang paling ringan sebagai kesakitan. Oleh kerana sakit neuropatik sering mengakibatkan sensasi terbakar atau menyengat, kemungkinan besar vulvodynia adalah akibat disfungsi neuropatik.

Vulvodynia boleh disebabkan oleh salah satu daripada tiga jenis sakit neuropatik:

  • Allodynia: Tindak balas yang menyakitkan terhadap rangsangan biasanya tidak menyakitkan
  • Hiperalgesia menghuraikan: Tindak balas kesakitan yang berlebihan terhadap rangsangan yang biasanya akan menyebabkan beberapa tahap kesakitan
  • Disestesia: Persepsi sensasi yang luar biasa tidak selesa walaupun rangsangan tidak berbahaya

Penghidap Vulvodynia boleh mengalami ketiga-tiga perkara di atas, tetapi pakar sakit biasanya menganggapnya sebagai allodynia.

Penyakit autoimun dikaitkan dengan vulvodynia

Sebagai contoh, Sindrom Sjögren ialah penyakit autoimun yang menyebabkan kekeringan berlebihan dalam badan, dan kawasan vulva juga terjejas olehnya. Sudah tentu ini boleh menyebabkan ketidakselesaan yang serius semasa hubungan seks, yang boleh disalah anggap sebagai vulvodynia. Walau bagaimanapun, seperti yang dinyatakan, jika anda menghidapi Sindrom Sjögren, anda mungkin juga mengalami vulvodynia.

Sindrom Sjögren juga boleh meningkatkan kemungkinan mendapat jangkitan bakteria atau kulat dalam faraj, yang juga boleh menyebabkan kerengsaan, keradangan dan kesakitan. Walau bagaimanapun, jika anda menghapuskan jangkitan ini, anda mungkin akan menghilangkan rasa sakit. Dengan vulvodynia, kesakitan akan lebih berkemungkinan berterusan.

Wanita yang menghidap Sjögren juga lebih berkemungkinan mendapat jangkitan saluran kencing (UTI), yang boleh menyebabkan kesakitan semasa membuang air kecil. Jika anda mengalami masalah ini, anda harus meminta Doktor anda memeriksa sama ada puncanya adalah bakteria atau Interstitial Cystitis (IC ).

Penyakit autoimun lain yang dianggap menyebabkan wanita lebih terdedah kepada vulvodynia atau vulvar vestibulitis adalah satu lagi keadaan sakit yang dikenali sebagai fibromyalgia , dan lupus erythematosus sistemik . Jika anda telah didiagnosis dengan mana-mana penyakit autoimun ini, anda harus mendedahkannya kepada pakar penjagaan kesihatan anda. Anda juga harus ambil perhatian bahawa adalah penting untuk mencari Doktor yang biasa merawat vulvodynia, kerana tidak semua memahami keadaan dengan baik dan rawatan mungkin tidak berjaya.

Jadi secara ringkasnya, tidak, vulvodynia bukanlah penyakit autoimun… tetapi apa pun punca vulvodynia anda, jika anda sedang mencari rawatan, anda telah datang ke tempat yang betul. VuvaTech mempunyai banyak maklumat tentang merawat vulvodynia , dan kami berbesar hati untuk menjawab sebarang soalan yang anda ada tentang produk yang boleh membantu anda.

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