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Causes of Painful intercourse

This section discusses 114 medical conditions causing Painful intercourse. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Painful intercourse:

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

• Vaginal dryness
  • Inadequate foreplay
  • Poor sexual technique
  • Sexual anxiety
  • Menopause
  • Perimenopause
  • Recent childbirth - due to both reduced libido and physical vaginal injuries or stretching.
  • Lactation - the requirements of breastfeeding causes vaginal dryness from reduced hormone levels.
  • Sjogren's syndrome
  • Scleroderma
  • See other causes of vaginal dryness
• Some other physical medical disorder causes of intercourse pain in women include:
  • Vaginal injury - such as a bruised vagina from many possible causes (such as from a previous episode of painful or forceful intercourse)
  • Pregnancy
  • Post-childbirth - many women experience intercourse pain while the vagina recovers from childbirth changes.
  • Episiotomy - if this procedure is performed for childbirth, this can cause painful intercourse.
  • Vaginal infection
  • Cystitis
  • Urethritis
  • Vaginal infection
  • Vulva infection
  • Skin condition
  • Atrophic vaginitis
  • Vaginal abnormality
  • Vestigial vagina
  • Vaginal changes from childbirth
  • Narrow vaginal
  • Hymen
  • Endometriosis
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Ovarian cyst
  • Pelvic infection
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease
  • Genital tract tumor
  • Vaginal tumors
  • Vaginal surgery
  • Pelvic disorders
  • Sexual organ disorders
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - suggested by a web site vistor.
• Some psychological disorder causes of painful intercourse in women may include:
  • Sexual pain disorders
  • Dysparenuia
  • Vaginismus
  • Sexual aversion disorders (type of Sexual dysfunction)
  • Anxiety
• Some causes of deep penetration intercourse pain in women include:
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease
  • Pelvic tumor
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Endometriosis
• Some possible causes of intercourse pain for men include:
  • Poor sexual technique - an unlubricated partner can cause men to feel pain too.
  • Penis pain
  • Penile skin infection
  • Penile candidiasis
  • Genital herpes
  • Painful erection
  • Peyronie's disease
  • Prostatitis
  • See also causes of penis pain and painful erection
• See also causes of vaginal dryness, vaginal pain or penis pain
• Fungal infection of the vagina
• Bacterial infection of the vagina
• Urethral infection
• Bowel infection
• Diverticulitis
• Peritonitis
• Pelvic abscess
• Prolapsed uterus
• Infection of Bartholin's glands
• Episiotomy scar
• Allergy
• Unpenetrated hymen
• Salpingitis
• Fibroids
• Cervical cancer
• Cervical tumor
• Uterine cancer
• Uterine tumor
• Ovarian cancer
• Ovarian tumor
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Lichen sclerosis
• Retroverted uterus

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Painful intercourse:

The following list of conditions have 'Painful intercourse' 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.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Painful intercourse or choose View All.

A

• Allen-Masters syndrome ... pain during intercourse, dyspareunia
• Atrophic vaginitis ... painful intercourse
• Autoimmune Endometriosis ... Dyspareunia
• Autoimmune Interstitial Cystitis ... Dyspareunia

B

• Bacterial vaginosis ... painful intercourse
• Bartholin's cyst ... intercourse discomfort

C

• Cervical Cancer ... painful sex
• Chancroid ... painful intercourse
• Chronic interstitial cystitis ... pain during sexual intercourse, painful sexual intercourse

D

• Dyspareunia ... pain after sexual intercourse, dyspareunia

E

• Endometrial Cancer ... Pain during intercourse
• Endometrial conditions ... Dyspareunia
• Endometriosis ... pain after sexual activity (dyspareunia)

F

• Female infertility ... Dyspareunia
• Female sexual conditions ... Dyspareunia

G

• Genital system cancer ... Dyspareunia
• Gulf War syndrome ... sexual discomfort
• Gynaecological conditions ... Dyspareunia

I

• Interstitial cystitis ... pain during sexual intercourse, Painful sexual intercourse

M

• Menopause ... pain during intercourse, painful sexual intercourse

N

• Non-Specific Urethritis ... pain during intercourse

O

• Ovarian cysts ... pain during sexual intercourse, painful sexual intercourse

P

• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease ... pain from intercourse

R

• Renal nutcracker syndrome ... dyspareunia

S

• Sexual neuropathy ... Painful intercourse
• Sjogren's Syndrome ... painful intercourse

T

• Testicle disorders ... Painful intercourse
• Trichomoniasis ... discomfort during intercourse, dyspareunia

U

• Urethral cancer ... painful sex
• Uterine Cancer ... Pain during intercourse
• Uterine fibroids ... pain during sexual intercourse
• Uterine leiomyoma ... pain during sexual intercourse
• Uterine sarcoma ... Dyspareunia

V

• Vagina cancer ... Dyspareunia, painful sex, painful sexual intercourse
• Vagina conditions ... Painful intercourse
• Vaginal candidiasis ... Painful intercourse
• Vaginitis ... sexual intercourse discomfort
• Virilising ovarian tumour ... Dyspareunia
• Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome ... Pain during intercourse, Dyspareunia

X

• XK aprosencephaly ... Painful intercourse

Y

• Yolk sack tumour ... Dyspareunia

Conditions listing medical complications: Painful intercourse:

The following list of medical conditions have 'Painful intercourse' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

• Acute (or transient) urinary incontinence ... Pain during intercourse

L

• Lichen sclerosis et atrophicus ... painful sexual intercourse

S

• Stress incontinence ... Pain during intercourse

U

• Urinary Incontinence ... Pain during intercourse

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List of 114 causes of Painful intercourse

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Painful intercourse in our database from various sources.

• Acute (or transient) urinary incontinence - Pain during intercourse
• Allen-Masters syndrome - pain during intercourse
• Allergy
• Anxiety
• Atrophic vaginitis - painful intercourse
• Autoimmune Endometriosis - Dyspareunia
• Autoimmune Interstitial Cystitis - Dyspareunia
• Bacterial infection of the vagina
• Bacterial vaginosis - painful intercourse
• Bartholin's cyst - intercourse discomfort
• Bowel infection
• Cervical cancer - painful sex
• Cervical tumor
• Chancroid - painful intercourse
• Chronic interstitial cystitis - pain during sexual intercourse
• Cystitis
• Diverticulitis
• Dysparenuia
• Dyspareunia - pain after sexual intercourse
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - suggested by a web site vistor.
• Endometrial Cancer - Pain during intercourse
• Endometrial conditions - Dyspareunia
• Endometriosis - pain after sexual activity (dyspareunia)
• Episiotomy - if this procedure is performed for childbirth, this can cause painful intercourse.
• Episiotomy scar
• Female infertility - Dyspareunia
• Female sexual conditions - Dyspareunia
• Fibroids
• Fungal infection of the vagina
• Genital herpes
• Genital system cancer - Dyspareunia
• Genital tract tumor
• Gulf War syndrome - sexual discomfort
• Gynaecological conditions - Dyspareunia
• Hemorrhoids
• Hymen
• Inadequate foreplay
• Infection of Bartholin's glands
• Interstitial cystitis - pain during sexual intercourse
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Lactation - the requirements of breastfeeding causes vaginal dryness from reduced hormone levels.
• Lichen sclerosis
• Lichen sclerosis et atrophicus - painful sexual intercourse
• Menopause - pain during intercourse
• Narrow vaginal
• Non-Specific Urethritis - pain during intercourse
• Ovarian cancer
• Ovarian cyst
• Ovarian cysts - pain during sexual intercourse
• Ovarian tumor
• Painful erection
• Pelvic abscess
• Pelvic disorders
• Pelvic infection
• Pelvic inflammatory disease - pain from intercourse
• Pelvic tumor
• Penile candidiasis
• Penile skin infection
• Penis pain
• Perimenopause
• Peritonitis
• Peyronie's disease
• Poor sexual technique - an unlubricated partner can cause men to feel pain too.
• Post-childbirth - many women experience intercourse pain while the vagina recovers from childbirth changes.
• Pregnancy
• Prolapsed uterus
• Prostatitis
• Recent childbirth - due to both reduced libido and physical vaginal injuries or stretching.
• Renal nutcracker syndrome - dyspareunia
• Retroverted uterus
• Salpingitis
• Scleroderma
• See also causes of penis pain and painful erection
• See also causes of vaginal dryness, vaginal pain or penis pain
• See other causes of vaginal dryness
• Sexual anxiety
• Sexual aversion disorders
• Sexual neuropathy - Painful intercourse
• Sexual organ disorders
• Sexual pain disorders
• Sjogren's syndrome - painful intercourse
• Skin condition
• Stress incontinence - Pain during intercourse
• Testicle disorders - Painful intercourse
• Trichomoniasis - discomfort during intercourse
• Unpenetrated hymen
• Urethral cancer - painful sex
• Urethral infection
• Urethritis
• Urinary Incontinence - Pain during intercourse
• Uterine cancer - Pain during intercourse
• Uterine fibroids - pain during sexual intercourse
• Uterine leiomyoma - pain during sexual intercourse
• Uterine sarcoma - Dyspareunia
• Uterine tumor
• Vagina cancer - Dyspareunia
• Vagina conditions - Painful intercourse
• Vaginal abnormality
• Vaginal candidiasis - Painful intercourse
• Vaginal changes from childbirth
• Vaginal dryness
• Vaginal infection
• Vaginal injury - such as a bruised vagina from many possible causes (such as from a previous episode of painful or forceful intercourse)
• Vaginal surgery
• Vaginal tumors
• Vaginismus
• Vaginitis - sexual intercourse discomfort
• Vestigial vagina
• Virilising ovarian tumour - Dyspareunia
• Vulva infection
• Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome - Pain during intercourse
• XK aprosencephaly - Painful intercourse
• Yolk sack tumour - Dyspareunia

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Drug side effect causes of Painful intercourse

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Painful intercourse as a side effect.

• Podofilox
• Condylox
• Crinone
• Prometrium

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