Symptom: Sexual pain

Introduction: Sexual pain

Sexual pain: Pain affecting the sexual organs or systems. See free access online books about Sexual pain below. See detailed information below for a list of 100 causes of Sexual pain, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Sexual pain:

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

• Inadequate foreplay
• Vaginal dryness
• Reduced libido
• Different sexual position
• Small vagina
• Vulva inflammation
• Vulva infection
• Vaginal conditions
• Vaginal infection
• Bladder infection
• Urinary tract infection
• Genital herpes

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Causes of Types of Sexual pain:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Sexual pain:

• Painful intercourse (108 causes)
• Penis pain (48 causes)
• Vaginal pain (51 causes)
• Loin pain (24 causes)
• Sore vagina (1 cause)
• Dyspareunia (60 causes)
• Painful sexual intercourse (23 causes)
• Priapism (28 causes)
• Painful erection (6 causes)
• Penile sores (37 causes)

See full list of 24 types for Sexual pain

Sexual pain: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Sexual pain, 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

• Sexual pain and Sexual symptoms (89 causes)
• Sexual pain and Pain (88 causes)
• Sexual pain and Genital symptoms (80 causes)
• Sexual pain and Nerve symptoms (76 causes)
• Sexual pain and Sensations (73 causes)
• Sexual pain and Urinary problems (61 causes)
• Sexual pain and Urinary symptoms (61 causes)
• Sexual pain and Bladder symptoms (54 causes)
• Sexual pain and Urinary difficulty (50 causes)
• Sexual pain and Female sexual symptoms (48 causes)
• Sexual pain and Painful intercourse (48 causes)
• Sexual pain and Urination pain (47 causes)
• Sexual pain and Urinary pain (46 causes)
• Sexual pain and Vaginal pain (46 causes)
• Sexual pain and Bleeding symptoms (46 causes)
• Sexual pain and Intercourse symptoms (45 causes)
• Sexual pain and Vaginal symptoms (45 causes)
• Sexual pain and Pelvic symptoms (42 causes)
• Sexual pain and Pelvic pain (40 causes)
• Sexual pain and Male sexual symptoms (39 causes)

See full list of 711 Multiple Symptom Checker combinations related to Sexual pain

Home Diagnostic Testing and Sexual pain

Home medical tests possibly related to Sexual pain:

• Home STD Testing
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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Pain (2979 causes)
• Sexual symptoms (1201 causes)
• Genital symptoms (404 causes)
• Sensations (3178 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (3463 causes)
• Common symptoms (4552 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Sexual pain

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Sexual pain:

• Bleeding after sex (25 causes)
• Sexual symptoms (1201 causes)
• Penis pain (48 causes)
• Vaginal pain (51 causes)
• Vaginal dryness (29 causes)

Diagnostic Guides for Sexual pain

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Diagnostic tests for Sexual pain:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Sexual pain. Some of these are listed below :

• Physical examination
  • Examine the genital area and note any lesions - e.g. ulcer, lump, redness, sores or swellings.
  • Examine any genital discharge, if present
  • 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 any 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

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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 Sexual pain. 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 the sexual pain? - to determine if acute or chronic and to determine if the sexual pain is related to first penetrative sexual intercourse.
• Is the person with the sexual pain male or female? - Some possible causes of sexual pain for men include an unlubricated partner, penile skin infection, penile Candida infection, genital herpes, Peyronie's disease and prostatitis.
• If the person with sexual pain is female, is the sexual 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 sexual pain 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).
• If the person with sexual pain is male, is the penis pain unrelated to erections or passing urine? - must consider kidney stones, appendicitis, anxiety, chancroid and herpes simplex. If the penis pain is mostly during erections must consider Peyronie's disease or priapism. If the penis pain occurs mostly with urination, this may suggest urethritis (due to Chlamydia or gonorrhea), cystitis (infection of the bladder), bladder stone, prostatitis, urethral stricture, bladder cancer, anal fissure or hemorrhoids.

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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 Sexual pain) may include:

• Lack of vaginal lubrication? - Dryness of the vagina may cause sexual pain. 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. 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 Sexual pain

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Symptom specific forums: The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards relate to Sexual pain or relevant symptoms:

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• Musculoskeletal (Muscles, joints and bones) (405)
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• Integumentary (Skin) (244)
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  • Pinprick red dots, itchy skin, wrongly diagnosed
  • Skin blisters, joint & muscle pain, Photos..
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• Sexual/Reproductive/Gynecological (456)
  • Bleeding during sex, help!
  • Tingling at the end of penis
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Medications or substances causing Sexual pain:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Sexual pain 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.

• Tarconazole
• Terazol 3
• Terazol 7
• Stavudine
• Zerit

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Organs affected by Sexual pain:

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

• Cervix
• Penis
• Uterus
• Vagina

Detailed list of causes of Sexual pain

The list below shows some of the causes of Sexual pain mentioned in various sources:

• Acute bacterial prostatitis - genital area pain
• Allen-Masters syndrome - pain during intercourse
• Allergic seminal vulvovaginitis - vaginal burning
• Atrophic vaginitis - painful intercourse
• Autoimmune Endometriosis - Dyspareunia

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How Common are these Causes of Sexual pain?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Sexual pain. Of the 100 causes of Sexual pain that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 3 causes are "very common" diseases
• 7 causes are "common" diseases
• 4 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 2 causes are "rare" diseases
• 10 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 82 causes have no prevalence information.

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Conditions listing symptoms: Sexual pain:

The following list of conditions have 'Sexual pain' 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 Sexual pain Based on Risk Factors

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