Symptom: Painful intercourse

Introduction: Painful intercourse

Painful intercourse: Pain during sexual intercourse. See free access online books about Painful intercourse below. See detailed information below for a list of 108 causes of Painful intercourse, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Painful intercourse:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Painful intercourse. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Vaginal dryness
  • Inadequate foreplay
  • Poor sexual technique
  • Sexual anxiety
  • Menopause
  • Perimenopause
  • Recent childbirth - due to both reduced libido and physical vaginal injuries or stretching.
  • Lactation - the requirements of breastfeeding causes vaginal dryness from reduced hormone levels.
  • Sjogren's syndrome
  • Scleroderma
  • See other causes of vaginal dryness
• Some other physical medical disorder causes of intercourse pain in women include:
  • Vaginal injury - such as a bruised vagina from many possible causes (such as from a previous episode of painful or forceful intercourse)
  • Pregnancy
  • Post-childbirth - many women experience intercourse pain while the vagina recovers from childbirth changes.
  • Episiotomy - if this procedure is performed for childbirth, this can cause painful intercourse.
  • Vaginal infection
  • Cystitis
  • Urethritis
  • Vaginal infection
  • Vulva infection
  • Skin condition
  • Atrophic vaginitis
  • Vaginal abnormality
  • Vestigial vagina
  • Vaginal changes from childbirth
  • Narrow vaginal
  • Hymen
  • Endometriosis
  • Hemorrhoids

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Causes of Types of Painful intercourse:

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• Dyspareunia (60 causes)
• Painful sexual intercourse (23 causes)

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Painful intercourse: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Painful intercourse, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

• Painful intercourse and Pain (58 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Sexual symptoms (55 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Nerve symptoms (49 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Female sexual symptoms (48 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Sensations (48 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Sexual pain (48 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Genital symptoms (46 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Intercourse symptoms (45 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Vaginal symptoms (43 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Vaginal pain (42 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Urinary problems (36 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Urinary symptoms (36 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Digestive symptoms (34 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Abdominal symptoms (31 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Bladder symptoms (29 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Urinary difficulty (27 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Dyspareunia (25 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Discharge (25 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Bleeding symptoms (25 causes)
• Painful intercourse and Urinary discharge (24 causes)

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Intercourse symptoms (104 causes)
• Sexual pain (100 causes)
• Vaginal pain (51 causes)
• Pain (2961 causes)
• Vaginal symptoms (146 causes)
• Sexual symptoms (1192 causes)
• Female sexual symptoms (381 causes)
• Genital symptoms (402 causes)
• Sensations (3158 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (3445 causes)
• Common symptoms (4473 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Painful intercourse

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• Bleeding after sex (25 causes)
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Diagnostic Guides for Painful intercourse

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Diagnostic tests for Painful intercourse:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Painful intercourse. Some of these are listed below :

• Physical examination
  • Examine genital area and note the features of any sores - e.g. ulcer, lump.
  • Vaginal speculum examination to observe any discharge and lesions within the vagina and to allow swabs to be taken
  • Manual vaginal examination to examine for masses, tenderness or enlarged uterus. If a mass around the ovaries or fallopian tubes is felt may suggest salpingo-oophoritis (infection of the ovaries and fallopian tubes), endometriosis with a cyst, malignancy ovarian tumor or ectopic pregnancy
  • Rectal examination to detect hemorrhoids, anal fissures and severe constipation which may cause painful intercourse

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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Painful intercourse. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

• How long have you had painful intercourse? - to determine if acute or chronic and to determine if related to first penetrative sexual intercourse.
• Is the pain superficial? - (i.e. around the vulva and vagina on penetration) or deep in the pelvis? - If pain is superficial, this usually suggests a vulval or vaginal origin such as bartholinitis, vulvitis, vulval dystrophy, cystitis (bladder infection), urethritis and urethral caruncle. If pain is deep, this may suggest salpingo-oophoritis (infection of the ovary and tube), retroverted uterus, endometriosis or ovarian cyst.
• Was the painful intercourse during the first ever penetrative sexual intercourse? - the cause may by psychological or due to local trauma (such as tears to the hymen, laceration of the vaginal opening or bruising of the urethral opening). After these injuries painful superficial ulcers may develop. Other causes include inadequate lubrication (usually due to improper or insufficient foreplay), irritation due to improperly fitted condom or inadequately lubricated condom, allergic reaction to the contents of contraceptive foams or an abnormality of the genital tract (such as congenital septum or a rigid hymen).
• Is the person with the painful intercourse male or female? - Some possible causes of painful intercourse for men include an unlubricated partner, penile skin infection, penile Candida infection, genital herpes, Peyronie's disease and prostatitis.
• Age of person with painful intercourse? - e.g. Menopause may be associated with a dry vagina, atrophic vaginitis (dryness and thinning of the vaginal walls) and increased risk of Candida infections which may all cause painful intercourse.

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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Painful intercourse) may include:

• Lack of vaginal lubrication? - Dryness of the vagina may cause painful intercourse. Vaginal dryness may be due to inadequate foreplay, poor sexual technique, sexual anxiety, menopause, recent childbirth (due to both reduced libido and physical vaginal injuries), breast feeding (due to reduced hormone levels), Sjogren's syndrome and scleroderma.
• Menopausal symptoms? - e.g. palpitations, hot flushes, night sweats, lightheadedness, dry skin, dry vagina, mood change. The estrogen withdrawal in menopause causes atrophic vaginitis (thinning and dryness of the vaginal skin) which predisposes to vaginal candidiasis and genital itch.
• Vaginal discharge? - may suggest pelvic inflammatory disease (may be an offensive, pus-like vaginal discharge), Candida vaginal infection (usually white curd like vaginal discharge), trichomoniasis vaginal infection, Chlamydia or gonorrhea vaginal infections.
• Pain with urination? - may suggest urethritis (due to Chlamydia or gonorrhea) or cystitis (infection of the bladder).
• Genital ulcers? - usually suggest herpes simplex virus 1 or 2, usually painful. Less common causes of genital ulcers include syphilis (primary chancre of treponema pallidum often painless), chancroid (Haemophilus decreyi, usually painful), donovanosis (granulomona inguinale due to calymmatobacterium granulomatis, relatively painless) and lymphogranuloma venereum (due to Chlamydia trachomatis, usually painless).

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Stories from Users for Painful intercourse

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Medications or substances causing Painful intercourse:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Painful intercourse as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Podofilox
• Condylox
• Crinone
• Prometrium

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Organs affected by Painful intercourse:

The list of organs typically affected by Painful intercourse may include, but is not limited to:

• Cervix
• Penis
• Vagina

Detailed list of causes of Painful intercourse

The list below shows some of the causes of Painful intercourse mentioned in various sources:

• Allen-Masters syndrome - pain during intercourse
• Allergy
• Anxiety
• Atrophic vaginitis - painful intercourse
• Autoimmune Endometriosis - Dyspareunia

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How Common are these Causes of Painful intercourse?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Painful intercourse. Of the 108 causes of Painful intercourse that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 6 causes are "very common" diseases
• 9 causes are "common" diseases
• 4 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 12 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 86 causes have no prevalence information.

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Conditions listing symptoms: Painful intercourse:

The following list of conditions have 'Painful intercourse' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Painful intercourse Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Painful intercourse based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: