Clinical Approach to Dyspareunia
- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
- Vol. 27 (5) , 489-501
- https://doi.org/10.1080/713846803
Abstract
Dyspareunia needs to be addressed from an integrated patient-centered perspective. This review analyzes the organic causes of pain during intercourse. Factors that are often underevaluated in the clinical setting include hormonal, inflammatory, muscular, iatrogenic, neurologic, vascular, connective, and immunitary causes. Psychosexual factors, such as vaginismus, loss of libido, arousal disorders and sexual pain-related disorders, often overlap. A preliminary clinical approach aimed at integrating different biological and psychosexual etiologies in a comprehensive manner is discussed in this article.Keywords
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