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AS RECENTLY DETAILED IN AN INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT, PAIN REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST COSTLY AND PREVALENT PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE BURDEN OF PAIN IS SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER FOR WOMEN THAN MEN. WOMEN MAKE UP HALF OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION. YET, THE OVERALL TREATMENT OF PAIN IN WOMEN REMAINS CHALLENGING TO THIS DAY. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN ARE ANATOMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL IN NATURE. CONSEQUENTLY, SEVERAL UNIQUE FEATURES COME TO MIND WHEN DISCUSSING PAIN AS EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN, SUCH AS PAIN RELATED TO PREGNANCY, PAIN RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO FEMALE ORGANS, AND CHRONIC PAINFUL CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE A HIGHER PREVALENCE IN THE FEMALE POPULATION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF MECHANISMS RELATED TO SEX DIFFERENCES, AND THE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF COMMON ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAINFUL CONDITIONS IN WOMEN, USING UP-TO-DATE EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION. THE PAINFUL CONDITIONS DISCUSSED INCLUDE THOSE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO FEMALE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY AND CONDITIONS THAT HAVE A HIGHER FEMALE PREVALENCE.