Pain during intercourse (dyspareunia)

What types of pain can occur?
Outer pain usually come from the vagina. Here, burning or sharppain often find in a vaginal or urinary tract infection. In this case, amedical examination and treatment is required. In addition, scarscan look for the episiotomy or tore out at birth to pain duringintercourse at the vaginal entrance. The lack of hormones cancause skin lesions. The skin is thin (atrophic). Not only the skin issensitive, even the moisture that is produced during arousaldecreases. The dryness of the vaginal entrance and in the vaginaoften also causes pain.
Internal pain are more likely from the uterus or the structures in the pelvis. One can distinguish between:
Pain that occurs when the penis during sexual encounters traffic ata particular location. They can occur at each joint, or only for certain positions.
Pain that occurs only during orgasm.
Pain, occurring only after sex (sometimes up to a day later).