- Infectious (eg, recurrent candidiasis, herpes)
- Inflammatory (eg, lichen sclerosus, lichen planus, immunobullous disorders)
- Neoplastic (eg, Paget disease, squamous cell carcinoma)
- Neurologic (eg, post-herpetic neuralgia, nerve compression or injury, neuroma)
- Trauma (eg, female genital cutting, obstetrical)
- Iatrogenic (eg, postoperative, chemotherapy, radiation)
- Hormonal deficiencies (eg, genitourinary syndrome of menopause [vulvovaginal atrophy], lactational amenorrhea)
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- Localized (eg, vestibulodynia, clitorodynia) or generalized or mixed (localized and generalized)
- Provoked (eg, insertional, contact) or spontaneous or mixed (provoked and spontaneous)
- Onset (primary or secondary)
- Temporal pattern (intermittent, persistent, constant, immediate, delayed)
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