As an expectant mother, you might wonder about how the first few days of your postpartum period will be with your newborn.

Dermatology experts outline stepwise evaluations and multidisciplinary treatment approaches for penodynia and vulvodynia in ...

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...

Objective This study aimed to describe women’s experiences of perineal wound dehiscence of a second-degree perineal tear and choice of resuturing or conservative treatment in the first two months ...

Research on female patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) who have urethral, vaginal, perineal, or anal pain (pelvic-perineal pain, PPP) remains limited. This retrospective ...

Helen Thompson secured an admission of liability for a woman whose fourth-degree obstetric tear was misdiagnosed as only first-degree following failures in the maternity unit at Royal Cornwall ...

Should I try cannabis for my back pain? It's a question spine surgeon Richard Price says he gets at least several times a day from patients who come into his clinic. When Price finally dived into the ...

It is a common misconception that because women are able to give birth and routinely deal with sometimes agonizing period cramps, they are somehow better able to tolerate pain than men. (It is ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pain is the most frequently reported symptom in the immediate puerperium. The aim of this study was to quantify pain levels and sociodemographic, obstetric, and care ...