(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 4 - Maneskin frontman Damiano David is backing a campaign to get the painful vaginal condition vulvodynia recognised as a pathology that can be treated for free by the national health service.
    Roman rocker David attended a press conference of the committee on vulvodynia and pudenda neuropathy Tuesday, of which his girlfriend Giorgia Soleri is a member.
    "I'm here as an ally, I'm only trying to do my bit, as much as possible, but the real work is being done by all these girls, it's incredible", he said.
    "I'm not just here for Giorgia but for all the people on the committee and all those who who are suffering. Now we can only hope for the best, that this issue gets the attention it deserves".
    Vulvodynia is chronic pain or discomfort around the opening of the vagina (vulva) for which there's no identifiable cause and which lasts at least three months.
    Although women often don't mention vulvodynia to their doctors, the condition is fairly common.
    "We're trying to move the stigma attached to it," said Soleri, a model, actress and influencer. (ANSA).