How Can Women Avoid Sex Pain?

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The numbers of women suffering from sex pain are increasing but most of them do not seek medical help and continue with their sex life with gritted teeth, a new study in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reveals.  Despite the fact that sex has a significant importance in life, it is a neglected problem.  

Painful sex, also called dyspareunia, is a result of physical disorder like sexually transmitted diseases, inflammation of pelvic or psychological trauma like a bad experience of previous sex, anxiety, lack of sexual arousal or disinterest in the sex partner. Lack of lubrication and mentally tense situation also converts sex into a painful experience, reports Web MD

This latest study used survey data from the third annual National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, on 6,669 sexually active women, and found that women between the ages of 16 to 24 and 55 to 64 were most likely to feel pain during sex. The number of women who suffered from sex was four times more than those who did not enjoy sex, faced three times more difficulty reaching the climax and five times more anxious during sex according to The Guardian.

The older women suffered from pain during sex because of the dryness and needed more lubricating agents. The younger women from the age of 16 to 24 are not fully aroused and thus do not have natural lubrication process. Dr. Kirstin Mitchell, senior research fellow at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at Glasgow University, and lead author of this latest paper says that there are other medical reasons also for having painful sex and women must consult local sexual health clinic or their GP.

Sex education must focus on the point of mutual understanding between the partners and also highlight the sexually transmitted diseases. The awareness of the main important points of sex life can save many women from the gruesome experience of painful sex.