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5 Reasons for Women's Sexual Pain, If It's Not Vulvodynia or Menopause

An estimated 6-14% of women suffer from sexual pain and many more postmenopausal women do. It may be menopause-related or it may bevulvodynia, but there are many other potential causes, from dermatological diseases to bladder conditions. Deep (abdominal) pain with penetration could be due to endometriosis, fibroids, or previous pelvic surgery.

Here are a few other causes you and your doctor may want to consider:

1. The Pill
Hormonal birth control can cause the same kind of sexual pain due to lack of lubrication and vaginal atrophy that is normally seen in postmenopausal women, says Andrew Goldstein, MD, an associate professor at George Washington University and a specialist in vulvar pain. He says he's been seeing "a ton of it" in the newer birth-control-pill formulations that have very low estrogen and a type of progestin that can lower testosterone. "I'm seeing 25-year-old women who have low desire and need lubricants, which is ridiculous!" he says.

That doesn't mean the pills are bad—"for a large percentage of women, they're great," Dr. Goldstein says. But it does mean that women should be aware that there may be sexual side effects to hormonal birth control methods, which they can discuss with their doctor.

2. Cancer treatment
"For women who have cervical or vaginal cancer and radiation, the whole vagina can become a rock-hard scar," says Irwin Goldstein, MD (no relation to Andrew), director of San Diego Sexual Medicine and the editor in chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Also, "tamoxifen stops estrogen from working," Dr. Goldstein adds, so breast cancer patients can have issues with vaginal dryness and atrophy, same as postmenopausal women and some birth control pill users. It's a tough situation, because systemic hormone replacement is not an option, as it may encourage the cancer. Some doctors, meanwhile, say local estrogen is relatively safe. Other treatments may include physical therapy and sex therapy.

3. Skin problems
Problems with the skin in the genital area may be another reason for sexual pain. Common issues include childbirth lacerations or episiotomy scars, as well as dermatological diseases such as lichen sclerosus, or sexually transmitted infections such as herpes. One of Dr. Irwin Goldstein's patients came in with pain that ended up being traceable to a simple ingrown hair: "One of the pubic hairs grew into the skin and she had an infection of the clitoris," he says.

Frigidity Lack of Sexuality in Women

Author: adrianna smith

Frigidity is the lack of wish sexual women. Frigidity should be differentiated from anorgasmia Where is the lack of orgasm female, but in which there is sexual desire.

Frigidity is termed as female sexual dysfunction, or change in sexual function, especially sexual desire, and this dysfunction is due mostly to locks or partial response psycho-physiological.

The absolute majority of cases, the lack of interest sexual activity are linked to psychological factors or social, is one of the most frequent determinants of marital boredom. Also the education that is received, the lack of dialogue between partners, sexual practices and even rewarding little resistance to innovate eventually undermine the relationship and facilitate the detachment. The very fact of aging and the difficulties of everyday life may also interfere with sexual satisfaction.

The female sexual response, according to the expert, is characterized by the triad, desire, arousal and orgasm, and this lock can be inserted into any of these stages. When does the desire phase, we are dealing with a disorder that we call the sexual appetite, which may be known as disorders of sexual drive or libido disorders. It seems this change at this stage, the most important, because it is the beginning of all the female sexual response. Even when the blockage occurs in the excitement phase, the disorder is represented by the change in vaginal lubrication. If the lock is in the orgasmic phase, considered as female anorgasmia.

A frigidity is a condition in which there is a decrease or absence of vaginal lubrication in response to the stimulus. The term frigidity is also used to define the decrease in the interest of women in sexual activities. The loss of sexual interest in women happens more often when they approach menopause.

Features of frigidity
A frigidity can be divided into subtypes according to their characteristics:
* For life or acquired.
Generalized * (happens in all situations) or situational (happens in certain circumstances).
* Due to psychological factors or combined factors.

One should not confuse frigidity with Dyspareunia-which is manifested by a genital pain felt by women during sex which first raises an organic cause. Or with Vaginismus that makes penile penetration difficult or impossible due to the involuntary contraction of the pelvic muscles. Its origin is essentially psychological.

“Recent media and the wave that followed have some what pulled sexology out of hiding, trying to make communication about sexuality and body more natural. People have as many problems as before, but at least they can talk and realize they are not the only ones to suffer”, said a sexologist. 

What is women’s frigidity? Lack of desire or lack of pleasure? 

It is an unclear term, which often concerns very different situations. Pleasure happens primarily in the head. It would be better to speak about lack of physical and emotional pleasure: 

The normal orgasm

A female orgasm is accompanied by contractions of the vagina, a heavy breathing, a tachycardia, and pupillary dilation. The clitoral and vaginal pleasures are often distinguished, in practice they are more or less interconnected or more or less dominating:

The clitoral pleasure

The clitoris is an erectile organ which is small and very sensitive at the top of the labia minora. The cap that covers it can be compared to the male foreskin. The raised part, slightly bent, is called "knee". The descending part, much shorter, ends in the glans. Here are located the endings nerves (in very large numbers). It is very similar to the male gland which is its exact parallel, at least in infancy.

In the first weeks of pregnancy, fetal sex organs are still undifferentiated. It was not until the third or fourth week that the clitoris will grow to become a male (or not, if a girl ...). Even though it is not the only seat of orgasm, it is almost always the starting point because, first, the clitoris is much more richly innervated than the vaginal mucosa. Second, many experiments (those of Masters and Johnson in particular) have shown that there is, in fact, a single orgasm, both vaginal and clitoral.

Home Remedies for Frigidity, Low Female Libido and Lack of Sexual Desire

Frigidity is a problem among a lot of women around the world. It can commonly be described as the lack of fulfilment or satisfaction from sex, the reason behind which could be simple lack of sexual desires. Often, the reasons for frigidity are traced back to psychological reasons, and can be a result of what a person thinks or feels about sex. For instance, in a lot of cultures, sex is considered to be a sin, and in some other cases, people are not very comfortable talking about sex and do not wish to indulge in it at all. This then causes frigidity, because the person does not feel the need to have sexual pleasure at all. In other cases, a traumatic childhood sexual experience, or any other instance of rape too can cause frigidity. Then depression, anxiety, fights with the partner, lack of interest in the partner too can be counted as several other reasons.

The symptoms of frigidity are pretty normal to identify in nature. There is vaginal dryness, and the person - in the event that she does have lovemaking- does not enjoy sex at all. The lovemaking in such cases can also be very painful, and there is overall lack of the libido. Very often, if the partner is not very skilled or is not very loving and caring, a woman might not feel as 'turned on' as she should ideally, and thus, that too can cause frigidity.

Thankfully, there are certain home remedies with which one can solve the problem of frigidity. However, it must be realised that these home remedies will only show full effect when a person is mentally prepared to have sex. Until and unless a person does not feel the need to make love to the partner, no home remedy will be useful. But yes, to sort problems of lesser libido, and to deal with stress, anxiety and depression, these home remedies are quite useful.

You could begin by including some healthy items in your diet such as eggs, some healthy seeds and nuts such as pumpkin seeds, dry fruits etc. Then you should also include alfalfa sprouts, olive oil, sesame oil and soy. At the same time, you should avoid sugary substances and read meat.

Chives and Kava Kava can be consumed to deal with female sexual problems. Chives basically have the minerals which are needed by the body to produce sexual hormones. And Kava Kava can sort out problems of nervousness, and extreme anxiety and stress.

Ginger Root also is used to cure the problem of frigidity and low female libido. It is considered to be a home remedy that comes from the traditional Chinese medicines, and its regular consumption has shown good results in women.

Why Women Struggle With Orgasm

I was asked recently to contribute to an article in Men's Health on Why Women Don't or Can't Have Orgasms. Excerpts of this appeared in last month's edition. Here is a more in-depth look at this complex topic that impacts on the pleasure and relationships of many women.

The reasons for this to happen are many and cover a spectrum. First off is purely physical, their partner's don't know what they're doing, how to touch them. Often women don't know enough about their own bodies so they can't guide their partner's.

Linked to this, but its own issue, is lack of communication. This takes the form of women not being able to ask for how she'd like to be touched, the very specific stimulation she needs, and her partner not asking her.

The next reason is belief. The sexual beliefs we hold have enormous impact on our behavior. These beliefs are communicated through family, religious and social teachings. So much of what we do comes out of what we hear and see our parents, family, teachers and peers say and do. I've come to see that so much of what we learn about sex and intimacy is from what's never said, rather then what is. If you think about the amount of sexual misrepresentation and myth we grow up with, what's ignored or never said has great power. So if you get the idea that sex is not pleasurable, or not for pleasure, or even purely for your husband's pleasure, it will have great impact on your ability to have orgasm.

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Anorgasmia Treatments - How to Overcome Anorgasmia Easily

For the many women out there suffering from the inability to experience sexual climax, Hypnosis and NLP techniques afford effective anorgasmia treatments. There are few remedies and cures as effective as hypnosis for this unfortunate condition, from which no modern woman should have to suffer.

The Causes Of Anorgasmia

The ability to achieve orgasm, in women as well as in men, depends on a combination of physical and psychological factors. Sadly, the phenomenon of anorgasmia--the absence of an orgasmic "release" during the process of sexual intercourse--is much more common in women than it is in men. This, too, is due to a combination of physical and psychological factors.

Sex And Gender: The Physical Side

Physically, women, unlike men, derive no evolutionary advantage from the explosive muscles spasms that ordinarily occur at the end of sexual intercourse, after the genitals well up with blood. While men must achieve orgasm in order to successfully impregnate women, ladies will get pregnant either way--whether they experience a sexual climax or not.

Sex And Gender: The Psychological Side

Psychologically, women's roles and societal expectations have made women's pleasure in sex an ambiguous affair, at best. Our society's double standard praises men for sexual prowess and sexual promiscuity; at the same time, it damns these very qualities in women. Traditionally, a man is thought to be gaining something in the sexual act. A woman is thought to be giving something up (there's even an expression, "giving it up," to describe a woman voluntarily engaging in sexual intercourse). Thus, it's not surprising that many women find it difficult to "relax" appropriately during sexual intercourse. Often, even if the woman derives some physical excitement from the act, she is ultimately too troubled to "go all the way" and achieve orgasm.

Anorgasmia

Anorgasmia is a female sexual dysfunction that did not receive much attention until relatively few years ago. Anorgasmia, or the failure/inability of women to achieve orgasm, was never seen as a problem in the male-focused culture of the past. The ideal woman of the 1900’s was seen as pure, asexual, and she was expected to engage in sex only to please her husband and/or bear him children. Fortunately, forces of social change such as WWII, and the sexual revolution allowed attention to be redirected from the woman being seen as the sexually passive wife who does her "duty" as the acceptor of the gift of life; to seeing the woman as a fully sexual being who can share in the experience of pleasure which accompanies a mature sexual relationship. Researchers such as Alfred Kinsey and Masters and Johnson both reflected the changing sexual attitudes of the time, and acted as catalysts for that change. Thanks to the pioneering work of sex researchers such as these, women who are not able to achieve orgasm no longer must resign themselves to lives of frustration, depression, and sexual unfullfillment. Today, a woman who is unhappy about not experiencing orgasms in her sexual relationship can go to a qualified sex therapist, be treated in a therapeutic environment, and reasonably expect that if she wants to be cured she will most likely be able to achieve orgasm through treatment. As stated before, anorgasmia is the inability of women to achieve orgasm, even with adequate stimulation. Use of the word "inability" in the proceeding definition should be qualified, however. Although the term anorgasmia includes women who are medically unable to reach orgasm, the great majority of anorgasmia cases are caused by psychological, social, cultural, or relationship variables and are, therefore, best treated in therapy. With this said, women suffering from any sexual dysfunction, including anorgasmia, should be evaluated by a gynecologist before delving too far into sex therapy. This article will focus on the treatment of anorgasmia stemming from psychological, rather than organic causes. Anorgasmia is usually categorized or specified in one of three ways; as primary, secondary, or situational. Primary anorgasmia means that the diagnosed woman has never been able to achieve orgasm at any point in her life. A diagnosis of secondary anorgasmia means that the woman was consistently able to have orgasms at one time, but is no longer able to achieve them. Situational anorgasmia refers to women who can achieve orgasm in certain sexual situations, but never orgasm in other specific situations. For example, a woman who can orgasm through masturbation but never during sex in the man-on-top position. By now you may see yourself fitting into one of these categories and you may be asking yourself, "am I sexually dysfunctional and in need of immediate psychological care?" The answer is most likely, "no". Like many sexual dysfunctions, diagnosis of anorgasmia is somewhat subjective and depends a great deal upon the thoughts, emotions, and desires of the individual experiencing it. Some women may never achieve orgasm through intercourse with their partner and yet live active, fully satisfying sex lives by achieving orgasm in other ways such as partners stimulation of her clitoris manually. Other women may be able to achieve orgasm through manual stimulation, yet still feel depressed, inadequate and unfulfilled because they can not reach orgasm during intercourse. Studies show that women who identify with the latter group are not alone. It is estimated that between 10% and 40%of adult American women have problems achieving orgasms. Many possible causes for anorgasmia have been proposed, but all are inconclusive or inadequate at explaining the problem as a whole. Proposed explanations have included lack of sexual education, strong religious upbringing, lack of strength in the woman’s pubococcygeus muscle, past sexual abuse, impotence or early ejaculation in male partner, and high levels of anxiety associated with sex. Although some of these explanations have shown a correlation with anorgasmic women, no one factor has been shown to significantly contribute to the problem any more than another. Therefore, anorgasmia is most often treated as a complex combination of many, or all of the previously listed variables. Counseling for anorgasmic women will most likely focus on three areas. First, Women are usually encouraged to attend sex therapy with their primary sexual partner. There are several reasons for this, but the primary one is that anorgasmia, like many sexual dysfunctions, can not be seen solely as the woman’s problem- there are many relationship variables which effect the symptom and, therefore, need to be treated in couples therapy. Counseling often begins with an element of sexual education for the couple. The couple is taught the mechanisms of sexual arousal in women and, most importantly, they are taught the differences in the male and female sexual response cycles. Female inhibited orgasm is often treated with specific therapeutic techniques. Couples will often be taught to use sensate focus exercises at home, and females will often be taught and encouraged to use systematic desensitization, Kegel exercises, and directed masturbation to treat their orgasm problem. Directed masturbation is a technique whereby the woman is educated as to how she can bring herself to orgasm. The hope is that through her increased body-awareness and comfort with orgasm, the woman can transfer this knowledge and take charge in directing her partner during intercourse, thereby achieving orgasm with her partner. Beyond education and techniques, counseling will likely focus on the emotional or situational factors of both the individual and the couple that are contributing to the lack of orgasm in the woman. How these sensitive and all-important issues are dealt with in therapy will depend a great deal on the theoretical orientation of each individual counselor. If the problem of anorgasmia is treated by a qualified sex therapist who takes time to consider the many variables which can contribute to the problem, than the couple can expect a positive outcome. And although successful treatment of this condition depends a great deal on the specific nature of the diagnosis (primary vs. secondary, age of woman effected, willingness of partner to attend counseling, depth of emotional cause, level of anxiety associated with becoming orgasmic, etc.), research has shown a success rate of 80-90% for treatment of primary anorgasmia; and between 10-75% success rate for treatment of secondary anorgasmia. These successful treatment rates are encouraging for the millions of women who live with the frustration of not being able to reach orgasm in their sexual lives. It appears that our society has finally come to the realization that women too are sexual beings, beings who desire, need, and deserve similar pleasure from the act of sex as men have enjoyed for centuries. Fortunately, sex therapists have evolved along with society in their ability to help women live fully satisfying sex lives if they so desire. This article courtesy of The University of Missouri-Kansas City by Paul A. Gore, Ph.D.

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