It is sad, but instead of experiencing pleasure, you can feel pain during intercourse. This condition occurs, which doctors call dyspareunia, in both men and women. Although women, regardless of age, experience pain during intercourse much more often than men. Pain can appear at any stage of intercourse: during arousal, directly during intimacy, when an orgasm is achieved, or after it.
Any pain that occurs in the body, especially in such a delicate situation, is a signal that something is wrong, you need to find out the reasons and try to eliminate them. Otherwise, you can greatly complicate the sex life, both yours and your partner. Since the problems of one of the sexual partners become the cause of the problems of the other.
The reasons why women may be bothered by pain during intercourse.
When defloration, pain is a consequence of fear, under the influence of which the muscles of the body are strongly compressed, including vaginal. The structure of the hymen is such that it can be stretched, but not torn, and therefore there should be no pain.
Vaginismus is a strong contraction of the muscles of the vagina when touching the genitals. It may be the result of rape, mistrust of a partner or sexual trauma. It is rather a psychological problem that does not allow a woman to relax, because the pain does not appear from the penetration of a foreign object, but from muscle spasm.
Inflammation. If there are unpleasant sensations during or after intercourse - burning, pain, friction, itching, dryness - the cause is most often the inflammatory process. Immediately you need to find out the cause and undergo appropriate treatment. In this case, it is necessary to treat both partners at once, regardless of the results of the man's tests. Sexual life at this time is better to stop, and if you continue, then only with condoms. You should not convict a partner of treason, because the cause of inflammation can be microorganisms that live in a person in a normal state - staphylococci, E. coli, etc.
Adhesions appear after inflammatory processes in the ovaries, fallopian tubes or intestines. Their presence can cause pain during intercourse in certain poses, and it is localized deep in the abdomen. When the posture changes, the pain disappears, but if the pain does not go away after sex, then it is necessary to begin to treat chronic inflammation.
Various sutures after surgery or childbirth, after injuries and tears can cause pain. In this case, the use of lubricants, special exercises for the development of vaginal muscles helps. In extreme cases, surgical intervention is indicated.
With endometriosis, women are concerned about pain during sex in the period before menstruation, making this process very painful. Treatment of the cause, i.e. endometriosis, is required.
In some cases, life is such that a woman does not have sex regularly, abstains or does not receive discharge for a long time. All this leads to stagnation, since blood fills the organs of the small pelvis, but there is no outflow. When sex becomes regular, instead of improving the condition, the woman experiences acute pain in the vagina. In addition, stagnation of blood can provoke various gynecological diseases - uterine fibroids, mastopathy, endometriosis.
Another cause of acute pain in the pelvic area during sex that extends to the leg may be pelvic neuralgia. Pelvic nerve inflammation can result from stress, hypothermia, or infection. For treatment, warming procedures, pepper patch and physiotherapy are used.
If a woman does not want intimacy or is afraid of her, if she has a hormonal imbalance (taking contraceptives, after childbirth, menopause), then an insufficient amount of secretion is formed in the vagina, which makes sexual intercourse very painful. Disruption of the hormonal background needs to be corrected with the help of the necessary hormones, psychological problems must be solved independently or with a psychologist, using lubricants at this time.
Causes of pain during intercourse in men:
- Peyronie's disease ;
- tear of the frenum of the penis;
- infections of the genitourinary system, including STDs;
- very tight foreskin;
- prostatitis, urethritis.
Headache during intercourse can occur due to muscle tension in the face, neck and jaw in both sexes. People suffering from migraines may experience pain during the climax, due to the pressure drop. To eliminate it, you can change the position, sometimes the doctor may prescribe medications that are taken before sex.
Headache can be a sign of hemorrhage if there is nausea or loss of consciousness. In this case, you need to consult a doctor immediately.