Tag Archives: vulvodynia
Getting The Right Diagnosis
Painful sex: When Sex Seems Impossible by Dr. Peter T. Pacik This blog discusses Chapter 4 of the book “When Sex Seems Impossible. Stories of Vaginismus and How You Can Achieve Intimacy” to better understand vaginismus and what needs to … Continue reading
V is for Vaginismus and Other Painful Firsts
Painful Sex: When Sex Seems Impossible by Dr. Peter T Pacik This blog discusses Chapter 3 of the book “When Sex Seems Impossible. Stories of Vaginismus and How You Can Achieve Intimacy” to help understand vaginismus and the treatment of vaginismus. The … Continue reading
Is it Vulvodynia or Vaginismus?
When a woman goes to her doctor for sexual pain or the inability to have any form of penetration, they are often diagnosed with vulvodynia and not vaginismus. This is such an important subject that I would like to share … Continue reading
Recurrent Sexual Pain after Botox Treatment of Vaginismus
Every so often a patient regresses and complains once again of sexual pain after Botox treatment for vaginismus. This can be due to many factors, the most common of which is inadequate dilation. Just picking up the dilators and getting … Continue reading
Vaginismus: The Unspoken Truth
Vaginismus is a condition of sexual pain that affects about 1-7% of the world population, yet few health care professionals are familiar with this. It is the most common reason for unconsummated marriages. Women are loath to discuss this with … Continue reading
Misdiagnosis of Sexual Pain
A series of posts on the vaginismusMD.com Forum indicate that women were often misdiagnosed with vulvodynia for their sexual pain as follows: “Hi ladies. There have been several posts of late on the need to educate physicians and clinicians concerning the condition of … Continue reading