A 14-year-old is brought to the clinic by her mother. The mother explains to the nurse that her daughter has just started using tampons, but is not yet sexually active
The mother states "I am very concerned because my daughter is having a lot of stabbing pain and burning." What might the nurse suspect is the problem with the 14-year-old?
A) Vulvitis
B) Vulvodynia
C) Vaginitis
D) Bartholin's cyst
Ans: B
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Vulvodynia is a chronic vulvar pain syndrome. Symptoms may include burning, stinging, irritation, or stabbing pain and may follow the initial use of tampons or first sexual experience. Vulvitis is an inflammation of the vulva that is normally infectious. Bartholin's cyst results from the obstruction of a duct in one of the paired vestibular glands located in the posterior third of the vulva, near the vestibule.
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