Dyspareunia

Isabel Stabile, Tim Chard, Gedis Grudzinskas
In: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology · 1996 · pp. 233 · doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3374-2_37 · W4256316789
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Dyspareunia is pain during intercourse, classified as superficial or deep, and primary or secondary, with organic causes including infections, tumors, and endometriosis.

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The chapter defines dyspareunia as pain during intercourse, distinguishing superficial pain at the introitus from deep pelvic pain, and primary dyspareunia present from first attempts versus secondary dyspareunia arising later. It states that while many cases have no organic cause, specific conditions can underlie the symptom, including infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, tumours, endometriosis, or a fixed retroverted uterus. The main limitation is that the discussion is descriptive and not based on a new study population or quantitative results. Relevance to endometriosis: the chapter lists endometriosis as one of several specific organic causes of dyspareunia, though its main focus is overall classification and differential causes of the symptom rather than studying endometriosis specifically.

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Dyspareunia is pain on intercourse, described as superficial when the pain is at the introitus and deep when it is felt within the pelvis. It may also be defined as primary if present since first attempts at intercourse and secondary if it has arisen later. In many cases no organic cause is found but in some there are specific conditions such as infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, tumours, endometriosis or a fixed retroverted uterus. Similar content being viewed by others Author information Authors and Affiliations Editor information Editors and Affiliations Rights and permissions Copyright information © 1996 Springer-Verlag London Limited About this chapter Cite this chapter Stabile, I., Chard, T., Grudzinskas, G. (1996). Dyspareunia. In: Stabile, I., Chard, T., Grudzinskas, G. (eds) Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3374-2_37 Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3374-2_37 Publisher Name: Springer, London Print ISBN: 978-3-540-19942-7 Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-3374-2 eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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