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Pain during sexual intercourse, known medically as dyspareunia, which can affect both men and women. Pain may be superficial (around the external genitals) or deep (within the pelvis).

In men, superficial pain may be due to anatomical abnormalities such as chordee (bowed erection) or phimosis (tight foreskin). Prostatitis may cause a widespread pelvic ache, a burning sensation in the penis, or pain on ejaculation.

Scarring (after childbirth, for example) and lack of vaginal lubrication, especially after the menopause, may cause painful intercourse in women. Psychosexual dysfunction may also cause pain during intercourse. Vaginismus, a condition in which the muscles of the vagina go into spasm, is usually psychological in origin. Deep pain is frequently caused by pelvic disorders (such as fibroids, endometriosis, ectopic pregnancy, or pelvic inflammatory disease due to sexually transmitted infections), disorders of the ovary (such as ovarian cysts), and disorders of the cervix. Other causes are cystitis and urinary tract infections.Treatment is directed at the underlying cause of the pain.

If the discomfort is psychological in origin, special counselling may be needed (see sex therapy).

Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association

Eye, Painful Red

A common combination of eye symptoms that may be due to any of several eye disorders.

Uveitis is a common cause of dull, aching pain. The redness is caused by widening of blood vessels around the iris. Another serious cause of pain and redness in one eye is acute closedangle glaucoma. Other causes include keratitis, usually due to a corneal ulcer, or a foreign body in the eye (see eye, foreign body in). The most common cause of redness and irritation in the eye is conjunctivitis.... eye, painful red

Painful Arc Syndrome

A condition in which pain occurs when the arm is raised between 45 and 160 degrees from the side. The usual cause is an inflamed

tendon or bursa around the shoulder joint being squeezed between the scapula and humerus.

Treatment includes physiotherapy and injection of corticosteroid drugs.... painful arc syndrome

Sexual Intercourse

A term sometimes used to describe a variety of sexual activities, but which specifically refers to the insertion of the penis into the vagina.... sexual intercourse

Urination, Painful

Pain or discomfort that occurs when urine is being passed. Painful urination is known medically as dysuria. The pain is often described as burning; sometimes it is preceded by difficulty in starting urine flow. Pain after the flow has ceased, with a strong desire to continue, is called strangury.

The most common cause, especially in women, is cystitis. Other causes include a bladder tumour, bladder stone (see calculus, urinary tract), urethritis, balanitis, prostatitis, vaginal candidiasis (thrush), or allergy to vaginal deodorants. Strangury is usually caused by spasm of an inflamed bladder wall, but it may be due to bladder stones. Mild discomfort when passing urine may be caused by highly concentrated urine.

Dysuria may be investigated by physical examination, urinalysis, urography, or cystoscopy. (See also urethral syndrome, acute.)... urination, painful

Painful Bruising Syndrome

see Gardner–Diamond syndrome.... painful bruising syndrome

Intercourse, painful Health Dictionary

Intercourse, Painful: From 1 Different Sources

Eye, Painful Red

Painful Arc Syndrome

Sexual Intercourse

Urination, Painful

Painful Bruising Syndrome

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