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		<title><![CDATA[Why Are So Many Docs SO Ignorant]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[As recent as ten years ago, many docs did’t know the term “vulvodynia.” The condition has been around since the first report of symptoms consistent with the condition published in the medical literature in the 1870’s. That’s 150 years ago. Most docs had not heard of vulodynia even by the turn of the century in 2000. Today nearly all gynecologists know the term vulvodynia and understand the symptoms. But there is nobody I know of,  except myself, claims to have a treatment that consistently works.  I 1997 all the vulvovaginal experts in the world who were gathered at Beveno, Italy...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is so Unique About the Fowler Gyn Approach?]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[The most unique feature is the use of advanced diagnostic testing with qualitative Vaginal Fluid Analysis testing (VFA Test). Other gynecologists continue to use the century old technique of Wet Preparations. Fowler Gyn International Laboratory is CLIA certified and utilizes reagents, staining and quantification techniques with analysis under phase contrast microscopy. It appears that Dr. Fowler is the only gynecologist in the US that has CLIA certified laboratory dedicated to the complex analysis of vaginal constituents. Moreover, Dr Fowler discovered the etiology  of a set of related chronic vulvovaginal conditions; vulvodynia, chronic vaginal bacterial infections, recurrent yeast infections, urinary frequency...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[All the Common Approaches to Vulvodynia... That Don’t Work]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 12:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vulvodynia causes burning, stinging, rawness or just flat out pain  at the vaginal opening. Over the last 150 years, treatments that have been proposed have been based on the theory it’s a problem of the genital skin and nerves. Dr. Fowler discovered that the stimulation of the skin and nerves is secondary to the underlying etiology. Moreover, the Fowler Gyn Approach does not use the common treatments that have been popularized because none of these have resulted in consistent sustained success. These include use of tricyclic antidepressants like Elavil® (amitriptylline), Pamelor® (nortriptyline), Norpramin® (desipramine), or Tofranil® (imipramine), aminoketone class of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vaginal Rejuvenate Therapy (VRT)- Part 1]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/vaginal-rejuvenate-therapy-vrt-part-1/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Based on the VFA test results and your hormone profile(HP), the FGI Approach uses two to six vaginal ingredients, collectively known as the Vaginal Rejuvenate Therapy (VRT) for therapy.
The considerations in the HP are as follows: your age, proximity to menopause, factors that influence your endogenous estrogen production such as lifestyle stress, exercise and body weight, whether you still have sexual arousal wetness and a q-tip assay for vaginal moisture which you can preform.
While the rest of the medical world still believes that vulvodynia is a condition limited to the vulvar skin and nerves, the FGI Approach recognizes that it...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Etiology of Vulvodynia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/the-etiology-of-vulvodynia/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[The etiology of chronic vaginal burning pain, a condition come to be known as Vulvodynia, eluded physicians for over a century. Hope for relief from the pain was dismal. Internet stories abound of women having their lives ruined due to inability to concentrate at work, engage in intercourse, exercise or enjoy social functions. That all changed when a Mayo Gynecologist,  R Stuart Fowler, M.D. discovered the underlying etiology. There proved to be two types. The most common etiology is altered vaginal microflora where the vaginal secretions turn from a neutral to an irritant. Dr. Fowler created the designation, Altered Flora...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Vulvodynia to Totally Resolve]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/getting-vulvodynia-to-totally-resolve/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 08:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[There is trick to getting Vulvodynia to totally resolve. One must have a treatment formula that will allow the vulvar skin, particularity located in the vestibule, to totally turn over several times under perfect non-irritated conditions. It seems all gynecologists in the world have been taught and believe, except for the experts at FGI, that vulvodynia is a condition of the vulvar skin and nerves. In truth, that’s secondary to the real etiology. But the vulvar skin, especially the vestibule is where the pain emanates from. Treating the skin and/or the nerves is only bandaid therapy covering over where the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FGI Has True Expertise for Vulvovaginal Problems]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/fgi-has-true-expertise-for-vulvovaginal-problems/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[By the time you arrive at FGI you have browsed the internet for solutions to fix your vaginal problem, you have likely exhausted your provider network. Meaning you have seen your primary care provider,  several gynecologists and perhaps even a “specialist.” No provider has impressed you, nothing has worked, you may have been told that you may just have to live with it or that it’s in your head. At a minimum you are perplexed and frustrated, but more likely, you are angry and distraught because the symptoms can severely compromising your lifestyle. I know you may feel like, “this...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is the VFA Test Used by FGI?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/what-is-the-vfa-test-used-by-fgi/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[You may be tempted to order one of the many types of vaginal microbiome test kits available on the internet to determine if you have vaginal dysbiosis. These tests range between $60-200.00. While they sound impressive because they use next-gen sequencing and/or metaqgenomic sequencing.  they are stuck on making one of 4 types of vaginitis; bacterial vaginosis (BV), trichomonas, yeast or atropic vaginitis. Not one of these has been the underlying etiology of chronic vaginal disorders diagnosed and treated by FGI. Many of the tests also look for the STD’s chlamydia and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Neither of these is an underlying etiology...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Spectrum of Symptoms Treated by FGI]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/the-spectrum-of-symptoms-treated-by-fgi/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[FGI deals with with vulvodynia characterized by burning, rawness and/or stinging and pain with insertion of tampons, pain with insertional intercourse, as well as the problem of the vaginal caliber being too tight and tearing or the vagina too short with penis hitting the top of vagina.  Also, FGI treats recurrent bacterial and/or chronic yeast infections, recurrent bladder infection without urologic cause, chronic vagina discharge and/or odor and urinary frequency and urgency without a UTI. All of these vulvar skin symptoms come from the same etiology: vaginal dysbiosis. Vaginal secretions which had been neutral, now are caustic. The secretions do not...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Regret of Not Having Found or Not Coming to FGI Sooner]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/the-regret-of-not-having-found-or-not-coming-to-fgi-sooner/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I see women who have had vulvodynia 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, 10-15 years and yes even 20-30 years. Most of my clients have had their symptoms for 2-3 years. The question is why wait so long to make an appointment with FGI? Doesn’t our website not make it clear we have something different to offer...and our results...are they not different? Where has anyone seen such success with hundreds of postings of women with vulvodynia fixed? No where; FGI has the answers, we know how to fix vulvodynia and the other related problems of altered vaginal microflora including chronic...]]></description>
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