{"id":608,"date":"2023-05-31T07:41:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T07:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/?p=608"},"modified":"2023-05-31T07:41:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T07:41:26","slug":"new-cpg-vulval-and-vaginal-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/new-cpg-vulval-and-vaginal-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"New CPG: Vulval and vaginal conditions\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Vulval and vaginal conditions CPG<\/span><\/a> is a new CPG developed by the CPG Committee and endorsed by the Paediatric Improvement Collaborative (December 2022). Covering a range of conditions which cause vulval and vaginal pain and bleeding, including vulvodynia, this new CPG supersedes the previous <\/span>Prepubescent gynaecology CPG<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CPG key points\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Vulvovaginitis is common and will usually resolve with simple measures<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Pinworms should be considered when pre-pubertal children present with distressing nocturnal vaginal or perineal pain and\/or itch<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Children with recurrent urinary tract infection symptoms but negative cultures should be assessed for vulvodynia<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Do not perform an internal vaginal examination or take internal vaginal swabs in prepubescent children<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Vulval and vaginal conditions CPG is a new CPG developed by the CPG Committee and endorsed by the Paediatric Improvement Collaborative (December 2022). Covering a range of conditions which cause vulval and vaginal pain and bleeding, including vulvodynia, this new CPG supersedes the previous Prepubescent gynaecology CPG.\u00a0 CPG key points\u00a0\u00a0 Vulvovaginitis is common and … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3942,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3942"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":609,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}