Post-Coital Burning Pain and Pain at Micturition: Early Symptoms of Partial Vaginismus With or Without Vulvar Vestibulitis?

Abstract

Twenty-four women with partial vaginismus with or without vulvar vestibulitis participated in a semi-structured telephone interview concerning early signs and development of their pain symptoms during/after intercourse. At the onset of the problem, pain after intercourse was more common than pain during penetration. Pain intensity during penetration increased from the onset of the problem to when the women ceased having intercourse. Pain during penetration lasted for 1 minute, and was most often described as sharp/incisive/bursting, while pain after intercourse had a duration of 2 hours and was described as burning and/or smarting. Post-coital pain during micturition was described by 70% of the women.

This study was supported by research grants from Lions forskningfond mot folksjukdomar, Swedish Foundation for Health Care Sciences and Allergy Research (Vårdalstiftelsen), and the Health Research Council in Southeast Sweden (FORSS).

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∗several answers were possible