Having sex is a mutually enjoyable experience for both men and women. Both men and women can sometimes feel pain during sexual intercourse. Although the occasional pain is nothing to worry about, the frequency of the pain causes you to see a specialist.
The cause of intense and frequent pain during or after sexual intercourse should be investigated. Bringing up the issue of sexual health may be worrying for you, the symptoms you experience may be related to some diseases.
VAGINAL PAIN
Pain that starts inside the vagina during or after sexual intercourse can have multiple causes. It can be caused by insufficient stimulation, pain from medication, or a lack of lubrication from menopause. Another cause of vaginal pain may be that the pelvic floor muscles are often tense or that the vagina is inflamed, a type of inflammation known as vaginitis. Symptoms of vaginitis are vaginal discharge, itching and burning sensation in the vagina and vulva. You may also experience vaginal pain as a result of a sexually transmitted bacterial infection.
VULVA PAIN
Vulvar pain is a type of pain felt outside the vagina that occurs when part of the vulva is touched. Generally, vulvar pain can be caused by feminine hygiene products, soaps, shower gels. You may also experience vulvar pain as a result of a cyst or an infection you have unconsciously caught.
vulvodynia
Vulvodynia, vestibulodynia, vulvar vestibulitis (vulvar vestibulitis syndrome)… Clinical conditions that seem different from each other, but are often quite similar. All of them are terms that include pain in the female genital area and related sexual problems. Perhaps the biggest challenge experienced by women struggling with vulvodynia, the causes and treatment of which is still unclear, must be the process they go through until the diagnosis. Because this situation, which can often be overlooked even by gynecologist physicians, can evolve into many different problems over the years.
VAGIINISMUS
Vaginismus refers to involuntary muscle contractions of the pelvic floor muscles around the opening of the vagina. This diagnosis is given to women with a fear of vaginal penetration because many women with vaginismus have a chronically tight pelvic floor that causes more pain with any vaginal penetration.
THINGS NOT TO OVERlook
Pain felt deep in the vagina, lower back, pelvic area, uterus, or bladder may be a sign of an internal medical problem.
It can be caused by:
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Endometriosis, a condition in which the tissue lining the uterus grows outside of the uterus
- pelvic tumor
- Bowel or bladder disease such as interstitial cystitis
- Ovarian cysts