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Sexual Pain Disorder

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Sexual Pain Disorder
A condition—e.g., dyspareunia, vaginismus—which is more common in women, in which sexual intercourse and intimacy evoke discomfort and pain

sexual pain disorder
Sexology A condition–eg, dyspareunia, vaginismus–more common in ♀, in which sexual intercourse and intimacy evoke discomfort and pain. See Inhibited sexual desire.


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Sexual pain disorders involve any source of pain in the vagina, clitoris or labia, which include dyspareunia and vaginismus.
; MM ter Kuile, ThM, Weijenborg, "A cognitive-behavioral group programme for women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome: factors associated with treatment success," Sexual pain disorder symposium, Amsterdam, Holland, 20-24 October 2003.
Although many disorders were redefined, the system endorsed by the participants included sexual desire disorders, sexual arousal disorder, orgasmic disorder, and sexual pain disorders.
 
 
 
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