Fear has been suggested as the crucial diagnostic variable that may distinguish vaginismus
from dyspareunia. Unfortunately, this has not been systematically investigated. The primary …

Pain is almost never “psychogenic,” except for pain from grieving. Pain has biologic basis;
when it is the alerting signal of an impending or current tissue damage from which the body …

Case histories of 22 women seeking psychotherapy for psychogenic vaginismus were
examined for family patterns. Nearly all of the women had domineering, threatening fathers …

Vaginismus is the persistence of difficulties in allowing the vaginal entry of a penis, a finger
or a gynecologic examination. This study aimed to compare the success rates of vaginismus …

Background Etymologically,“dyspareunia” means “bad or difficult mating." Current usage
limits the term to describing pain during inter-course, but perhaps a fuller appreciation of the …

Objective There are many predisposing factors associated with vaginismus, but there is lack
of data in the literature regarding which and how of these factors influence the success rate …

Background Vaginismus is involuntary vaginal muscle contraction which makes sexual
intercourse difficult or impossible. It is one of the more common female psychosexual …

Background: We aimed to present the demographic information, treatment protocol, and
results of 482 female patients that presented to our clinic specialized in sexual dysfunction …

We present the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) Special Interest
Group for Sexual Dysfunction recommendations for the management of vaginismus. The …

Human female sexual activity, whether for reproduction or for pleasure, is discontinuous.
One of the tasks of sexual arousal is to prepare the vagina for the possibility of coitus. When …