Vaginismus
Vaginismus is a condition involving a muscle spasm in the pelvic floor muscles. It can make it painful, difficult, or impossible to have sexual intercourse, to undergo a gynecological exam, and to insert a tampon.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW223
Diagnosis: Vaginismus
US Patients: 0.5 of 1% – Outcomes are usually good with treatment.
World Patients:
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset: first vaginal intercourse
Brain Area:
Symptoms: involuntary muscle spasms stop penetration into the vagina giving pain with sex, a speculum or a tampon; tensing may be from fear
Progression: Pain results.
Causes: muscle contractions, yeast infections or trauma during childbirth, drying of the vaginal tissues after menopause
Medications: additional lubricants, kegel exercises to strengthen muscles; Botox or lidocaine may help.
Therapies: behavioral therapy with gradual vaginal dilation may help
Youtube Video: Vaginismus Explained
Amazon or Library Book: Breaking the Cycle of Pain: Vaginismus
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Support Group: On Facebook enter a “controlled entry group,” by typing “enter Vaginismus, a Private Place.”
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4 CURRENT ARTICLES
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- Botulinum toxin treatment of refractory vaginismus: a prospective studyby Sejal Ajmera Desai on November 14, 2024
CONCLUSION: Injecting submucosally modest BoNTA doses is an effective and safe treatment for refractory vaginismus. When conventional therapies fail, BoNTA can be used to lessen muscle contraction, alleviate pain, and facilitate dilator treatments. Our standardized protocol, which involves a careful submucosal injection technique, can minimize risks and make the procedure easy to perform for daily practice.
- The interrelationship between women's help-seeking experiences for vaginismus and their sense of self: a qualitative study and abductive analysisby Rashmi Pithavadian on September 4, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Positive help-seeking experiences for vaginismus strengthened participants' sense of self to persevere with treatment even when it was difficult. Conversely, negative help-seeking experiences led to participants' weakened sense of self which was often caused by a gap between their ideal and perceived self. This led to negative feelings and responses of demotivation or halting subsequent help-seeking. Recommendations are provided to improve health professional practice to support...
- When did the confusion between vulvodynia and vaginismus start?by Pedro Vieira-Baptista on September 2, 2024
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- Sexual abuse and dysfunction in people with addiction problems and the general population. A descriptive studyby Sonia Franco Jaén on August 13, 2024
The fact of having suffered Childhood Sexual Abuse (ASI) is considered a risk factor for the subsequent development of sexual dysfunctions, these being more frequent among women than among men. The objective of this work is to analyze the different sexual dysfunctions in people who have suffered ASI, with addiction problems and in the general population. The sample is made up of 426 participants (241 men and 185 women). A retrospective ex post facto study has been carried out using a...