Overcoming Pain

Why people experience chronic pain, and the power they have to de-intensify it.

Dr. Mark Borigini is a board-certified rheumatologist who has devoted his career to treating, and training others to treat, a wide variety of illnesses that cause chronic pain and disability. See full bio

July 2, 2009, Health

Comments on "Taking The Disgust Out Of The Discussion: The Chronic Pain of Dyspareunia"

Taking The Disgust Out Of The Discussion: The Chronic Pain of Dyspareunia

By Dr. Mark Borigini on July 2, 2009 in Overcoming Pain

Painful intercourse can be a difficult subject to broach: After all, sexual intercourse is supposed to be a pleasurable endeavor, this universal assumption leading the individual sufferer of dyspareunia to wonder if there is something wrong with her head, her vagina, or, Lord have mercy, both.

Truth be told, sex is not always a purely pleasurable thing for women at all times, and this c Read More

Vulvadynia

Submitted by Anonymous on July 16, 2009 - 1:30pm.

You should really have included vulvadynia in your list of the causes of dyspareunia. This is a very common condition that affects millions of women but unfortunately not enough people know about it. This often leads to women being shuffled from doctor to doctor without receiving a diagnosis, or worse, being told that it's all in their heads. More information at nva.org.