#Vulvovaginal
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ohjoysextoy.bsky.social
Because the world always needs more diagrams of vaginal tenting, here's ours from our classic Vulvovaginal Anatomy comic! ohjoysextoy.com/vulvovaginal
Illustrations showing a tiny person crawling inside of a diagram of a vagina in profile. "Not visible from the outside, your vagina is a tunnel inside you. It's here to take IN fingers, penises, sperm, sex toys, and menstrual products, and let OUT menstrual blood, babies, and discharge. When you're not up to anything sexy, it's all deflated. But when you're aroused, it perks up and expands while the uterus it's attached to lifts upward, which pulls the rest of it up too!" A diagram show the uterus shifting upwards to the right, with the vaginal tunnel expanding upwards and inflating as well.
May 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
stage4kelly.bsky.social
There is no reason for women with breast cancer to suffer the vulvovaginal side effects of endocrine therapy - low dose vaginal estrogen is safe!! #bcsm
November 23, 2024 at 2:45 PM
altcdc.altgov.info
(4/6) Vaccines for Fungal Diseases
There are no licensed vaccines for fungal diseases yet, but some are in clinical trials, like those for Valley Fever and vulvovaginal candidiasis. Progress is being made!
May 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
us.theguardian.com
Patients with vulvovaginal pain spend thousands as delayed diagnosis and insurance gaps inflate costs
‘They’ll pay anything to feel better’: the expensive problem of pelvic pain
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2026 at 7:20 AM
germhuntermd.bsky.social
State-of-the-Art Review: Managing Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Jack Sobel, @drneilstone.bsky.social Francesco de Seta, et al, and Elena Roselletti

doi.org/10.1093/cid/...

#IDSky #MedMycoSky #GynSky @cidjournal.bsky.social
VVC State-of-the-Art visual abstract
March 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
elpais.com
Un estudio pone por primera vez el foco en el ‘gaslighting’ que los ginecólogos hacen a las pacientes con dolor vulvovaginal: al 40% le dijeron que se relajara, al 20% que se tomara una copa de vino
La tortura de tener vulvodinia y no ser escuchada: “Durante más de dos años los médicos me hicieron sentir que estaba loca”
Un estudio pone por primera vez el foco en el ‘gaslighting’ que los ginecólogos hacen a las pacientes con dolor vulvovaginal: al 40% le dijeron que se relajara, al 20% que se tomara una copa de vino
elpais.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
katieaki.bsky.social
rolling up to work 5 mins late with my phone in my pocket blasting a podcast about vulvovaginal candidiasis
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ohjoysextoy.bsky.social
The vulva has two holes! The urethra is for pee and the vagina is for periods/discharge/sex toys/penises/fingers/contraband 🕳️🕳️ www.ohjoysextoy.com/vulvovaginal
February 20, 2024 at 7:46 PM
amydiehl.bsky.social
Study of 447 women vulvovaginal patients finds 25% were belittled & 20% were not believed. Over 40% were told they just needed to relax more, about 20% were told they 'need a glass of wine', and 39.4% said they were made to “feel crazy.”
www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
Doctors often gaslight women with pelvic disorders and pain, study finds
In a survey, patients reported dismissive comments and being told to lose weight, go to therapy or drink more alcohol to cope with sexual dysfunction.
www.nbcnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
sapphixy.bsky.social
Exogenous estrogen agonists, like conjugated estrogen and estradiol, were developed to treat the symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes, vulvovaginal atrophy, and osteoporosis, and to maintain the endocrine health of people who have had complete hysterectomies. That was almost 100 years ago.
niceandinnocent.bsky.social Wile E. Peyote @niceandinnocent.bsky.social · Jul 12
It's becoming popular for menopausal cis women to go on hrt as well
July 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
medpagetoday.com
Women vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) had a significantly lower risk of high-grade vulvovaginal lesions, a large cohort study from Sweden showed.

Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/119184?trw=no
HPV Vaccine Protection Extends to High-Grade Vulvovaginal Precancers
Risk was reduced by 37-55% in vaccinated versus unvaccinated women in Sweden
www.medpagetoday.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
iagolopez.bsky.social
Es decir, moléculas que tengan muy baja tendencia a ser absorbidos por los capilares y pasen a la circulación general, para evitar alterar otros parámetros de salud más allá de la salud vulvovaginal. Esta escasa absorción, unida a las bajísimas cantidades que contiene, evita efectos corporales.
April 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
markgresnigt.bsky.social
Proud to share our latest article with the group of Mihai Netea showing that lactic acid in the vaginal milieu modulates the Candida-host interactions that underlie the immune responses associated with vulvovaginal candidiasis www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Lactic acid in the vaginal milieu modulates the Candida-host interaction
Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is one of the most common infections caused by Candida albicans. VVC is characterized by an inadequate hyperinflammatory response and clinical symptoms associated wit...
www.tandfonline.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
tom.medsky.social
Once again the Budesonide, unless the patient has underlying asthma, is very likely making these kids worse. From NIH StatPearls
An excerpt from the NIH on their page about budesonide. It specifically mentions measles: Glucocorticoids, including budesonide, are immunosuppressant drugs. Patients who are immunocompromised are at a higher risk of developing infections than healthy individuals. Candida albicans, an opportunistic fungus, can overgrow in the genitalia of females with immunosuppression leading to vulvovaginal candidiasis; this is not a sexually transmitted disease. Infections like chickenpox and measles can run to a more serious and even fatal course in persons with suppressed immunity. If patients suffer exposure to chickenpox or measles infection, preventative treatment is indicated as appropriate, and if chickenpox occurs, treatment with antiviral medications may merit consideration. The long term inhalation budesonide users are at high risk for acquiring tuberculosis infection.[21] Budesonide treatment is prescribed with high precaution, only if necessary, to patients with latent tuberculosis, ocular herpes simplex, active bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections with effective and appropriate antimicrobial or antifungal treatment.
April 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
gpollara.bsky.social
Good review on host-pathogen interactions with Candida -
Neutrophil-mediated immunopathology

#ImmunoSky 🧪🩺#IDSky

www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Host-microbe interaction paradigms in acute and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
Vulvovaginal candidiasis is the most common fungal disease in humans. MacAlpine and Lionakis synthesize the host, microbiome, and fungal factors that alter susceptibility to acute and recurrent vagina...
www.cell.com
October 13, 2024 at 10:15 AM
ohjoysextoy.bsky.social
Did you know the clitoris gets erections?
www.ohjoysextoy.com/vulvovaginal/
A tiny person interacts with larger-than-life size vulvas. "Under this fleshy hood you've got the head of the clitoris, which is just the small, visible portion that sits outside your body with the rest of it stretching out beneath the surface. When aroused, your clitoris swells up and engorgest with blood (AKA: gets an erection!), which makes it feel even MORE sensitive. Fill with THOUSANDS of nerves, it is the only part of the body that exists purely to give you pleasure." A diagram of the internal structure of the clitoris and accompanying anatomy plumps up, saying "so! horny!!!"
May 27, 2026 at 6:26 PM
ohjoysextoy.bsky.social
The cervix is a free spirit at heart U_U
www.ohjoysextoy.com/vulvovaginal
Text: The cervix is the entrance and guardiant to your uterus. A free spirit at heart, this fleshy donut loves to wander around and change its hardness and mucous viscosity over the course of your cycle and during points of arousal. This is to make space for visitors, let menstrual fluid out, or to aid/impede wiley sperm on their journey. A cartoon shows a really gooey cervix (donut) holding out a hand in a "you shall not pass" pose. "Ew, you're so... muscus-y" complains a sperm. Another cartoon shows the plain cervix without mucous saying, "C'mon in!" as sperms swim through its center, saying "whee!"
May 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
peng-dreamer.bsky.social
“Previously known as vulvovaginal atrophy, now rebranded as genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), vaginal dryness will probably affect between 60% and 80% of women, according to various studies. It is caused by the drop in oestrogen levels, which happens as women go through menopause”
February 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
jamaoncology.com
Quadrivalent #HPV vaccination was associated with lower rates of high-grade vulvovaginal lesions, especially among women vaccinated at ages 10 to 16, in a large cohort study. ja.ma/3MyKqN1
Line graph shows cumulative incidence of high-grade vulvovaginal lesions stratified by HPV vaccination status and age. Unvaccinated individuals show a higher incidence than those vaccinated at age ≥17 or 10-16.
February 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
tadificilsereu.bsky.social
E o ensaio de porto alegre ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-4c88hgp
REBEC
RBR-4c88hgp Use of blue LED in the treatment of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis; Public Contact: Janete Vettorazzi, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre; Primary Sponsor: Hospital de Clínicas de P...
ensaiosclinicos.gov.br
April 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
acog.org
Vulvovaginal health is essential to overall health. Encourage your patients to know what’s normal for them, notice changes, and ask questions. Share our FAQs to get your patients started on learning more: bit.ly/3KtzoqX
September 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
sandyhiltonpt.bsky.social
That scared me…

Thankfully it worked.

Bonus: a paper to read.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40020566/
Association between contextual factors and vulvovaginal symptoms in Brazilian women: A cross-sectional study - PubMed
The results indicated that vulvovaginal symptoms are prevalent in Brazilian women. Thus, developing effective care and disseminating knowledge about vulvovaginal symptoms, causes, and treatment, are i...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
drkimalexander.bsky.social
Hey #medsky

The brilliant @dramandaselk.bsky.social is here to talk vulvovaginal diseases and other OB/GYN topics

Follow her directly or add her with my starter pack of Canadian Women Physicians

go.bsky.app/8mkQK4W
January 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
thailandmedical.bsky.social
Vulvovaginal Collagen Injections Offer New Hope for Menopause Pain Relief

www.thailandmedical.news/news/vulvova...
Vulvovaginal Collagen Injections Offer New Hope for Menopause Pain Relief - Thailand Medical News
www.thailandmedical.news
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 AM
mucosalimmunol.bsky.social
Type-I interferons regulate the immune response to Candida albicans during Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
August 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM