Painful Intercourse

Our Specialists:

• Dr Ashfaq Khan

Painful intercourse or painful sex can be experienced as pelvic pain, vaginal pain, or pain in the labial or vulvar areas during sex. Pain may be experienced as deep pain, sharp pain, or a burning sensation.

Pain during intercourse is one of the most common causes of problems of sexual dysfunction.

Possible reasons for this apparent increased prevalence include the following:

•  Thinning and dryness of the vaginal walls after menopause,
•  Sexually transmitted disease
•  Vulvodynia
•  Lichens / Vulval pre cancer (other skin condition) vaginismus (muscle spasms of the vaginal wall muscles),
•  Urinary tract infection
•  Changes in sexual behaviour
•  Injuries or irritation of the vagina due to any cause
•  Endometriosis