I recently posted about vulvodynia, a chronic vulvar pain affecting 1 in 7 women. But the post was immediately removed just for using medically accurate words like vulva and vagina. Why are women’s organs being silenced?

Women turn to complementary medicine more frequently than men, maybe because conventional medicine can’t always provide a solution for their illnesses. While in various traditional methods, the treatment is often tailored to the patient’s personal needs. In 2007 I started to search for information about Vulvodynia, an unexplained chronic pain of the vulva (the female’s external genitals). I couldn't find much but back then access to medical data was limited. Only a few years

When I first met Orit I had been dealing with chronic digestive issues, gynaecological disorders and sexual dysfunction for over a decade. Regular healthcare misdiagnosed my condition and left it untreated. I felt detached from my body with a constant feeling of grief and loss. Luckily I had a very safe emotional marriage but of course, my issues had a profound impact on both my husband and me. For me, the loss of self-identity as a woman was most prominent which was probably