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Vaginal tenderness is pain that is felt in or around the vagina.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

Body locations

Pelvis

Is Symptom of

Vaginal yeast infection (candidal vaginitis)
Condition
Yeast infection (candidiasis)
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Genital herpes
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Vulvodynia
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