Pain during sex
May 17, 2008
Is there Pain during sex? For experimentally delivered somatic stimuli, females have lower thresholds, greater ability to discriminate, higher pain ratings, and less tolerance of noxious stimuli than males. These differences, however, are small, exist only for certain forms of stimulation and are affected by many situational variables such as presence of disease, experimental setting, and even nutritive status.
For endogenous Pain during sex, women report more multiple pains in more body regions than men. With no obvious underlying rationale, some painful diseases are more prevalent among females; others among males and, for many diseases, symptoms differ between females and males. Sex differences in attitudes exist that affect not only reporting, coping, and responses to treatment, but also measurement and treatment.
It is important to look at the problem Pain during sex from different points of view. There may be a biological cause. This may be a sexually transmitted disease, a vaginal infection, and a disorder of the uterus or the large intestine, an infection of the vaginal mucous membrane, a snip or a tear during childbirth and insufficient lubrication of the vagina. For Pain during sex for men, they may have infections on skin anomalies to the penis, infections of the glans and the foreskin due to fungi or bacteria, a tight foreskin, prostatitis, or a low testosterone level (hormones). In women, vestibulit (an inflammation in the vagina) can be a cause of sex pain.
A psychological cause of pain during sex doesn’t mean it isn’t “real”. Often people think that psychological cause is like saying “it’s all in your head, just get over it”. Psychological causes of Pain during sex still result in very real pain, and very rarely can someone just “get over” a psychological reason for pain during sex. For both men and women there are a variety of reasons why our minds may play a role in sex being painful.
If you’re breastfeeding or approaching menopause, your Pain during sex may be due to hormonal changes. In both cases, falling estrogen levels can dry up your natural lubrication and make your vaginal tissue fragile. New moms may want to use a drugstore lubricant until their estrogen levels return to normal when they stop breastfeeding. Older women with Pain during sex may consider going on hormone replacement therapy or using an estrogen cream.
Applying lubricating gels to the outer sexual organs, including the vulva and labia, and in the vagina may be helpful to women and ease Pain during sex. Sex toys, such as vibrators or dildos, may also be useful in Pain during sex. A woman should talk with her health care provider before attempting to use a vaginal dilator.
Treatment for deep thrust Pain during sex includes 2 strategies.
· Pelvic adhesions (tissue that has become stuck together, sometimes developing after surgery): removing the adhesions can relieve Pain with intercourse caused by pelvic adhesions.
· Uterine retroversion: The health care provider may find physical causes of the pain, including ovarian cysts, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis (mucous tissue out of place), or retroversion of the uterus (uterus is tilted backward instead of forward).
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i don’t know …i’m kind of hesitant about this…..
been married about two years now…..
within a few weeks of marriage, hubby introduces me to anal sex…..
hate it…..but he insists….. so i carry on….
two years later, just when i’m beginning to find it not so bad, he is just going off it….
is this the way men are…?
they get u into a space that u suddenly start enjoying…..and then they back off…. ….
not that i don’t enjoy regular sex….bu i want the other thing too…..
…but he just seems to have withdrawn…..
is it an emotiona/psychological thing…?