Today, professionals of sexology believe that women with dyspareunia represent 20 to 25% of the population, or nearly one in four women. This figure speaks for itself and should explain the phenomena of this disease. Dyspareunia is pain vaginal felt by a woman during sex. This pain occurs during penetration, ie during the movement back and forth from the penis into the vagina. There are two types of dyspareunia. If suffering is the beginning of penetration, this is called superficial dyspareunia. If the pain occurs only after a few moments of penetration, so during coitus, it is called in this case a deep dyspareunia. This vaginal pain should not be confused with vaginismus. Indeed, vaginismus is characterized by involuntary contractions of vaginal muscles. In this case, penetration is almost impossible. The causes of dyspareunia causes of dyspareunia are many and varied. The sexology professionals have decided to list them in four categories.

First, include some of the most frequent cause of which is called organic congenital malformation of the vulva and vagina, abnormal narrowness of the vagina, an abnormal position of ovaries or uterus or retroversion of ‘uterus often responsible for a deep dyspareunia.

Then come those initiated by infection or inflammation: recurrent vaginal fungal infections, infections of the cervix, vulva-vaginal atrophy postmenopausal perineal tears after childbirth, the ovarian cysts, endometriosis the Bartholinitis (inflammation of the Bartholin gland, which serves to lubricate the lips and present in each of the labia near the vagina) or the salpingitis (infection of one or both fallopian tubes). Then the third category which is not unanimity is described by the absence of initiation of the discovery of her body and sexuality. Finally, the last that can be induced by the previous is characterized by the psychological effects. The origin is either a psychogenic conflict with the partner is a psycho-sexual trauma (incest, rape …) The treatment of dyspareunia The organic cause is often the starting point of dyspareunia. The medical treatment of any kind is not sufficient alone to solve this disease. Then came the psychological, the patient following therapy whose goal is to learn to control pain.

These therapies fall of psychoanalysis, understanding how the penetration and control his behavior during coitus. The patient must regain confidence in her and manage emotional distress surrounding sex. Being medically cured does not mean the disappearance of pain, the psychological state of the patient becomes the main cause of this deficiency.

The only treatment that is based on behavioral therapies, which is a gradual desensitization of fear of pain during penetration. Session after session, the woman learns to overcome his fear of pain. It is the only way to eliminate gradually the pain. Given the number of women affected the disorder, dyspareunia several forums exist and allow women to discuss the different cognitive processes proposed by experts. If you followed a successful treatment, please know you will make happy!