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Dyspareunia
What is Dyspareunia?
Dyspareunia is painful sexual intercourse due to medical or psychological causes. The symptoms are significantly more common in women than in men. Internationally dyspareunia has been estimated to affect between 8-21% of women sometime in their lives. The causes are often reversible, even when long-standing, but self-perpetuating pain or fear of pain can cause continued distress after the original cause has been removed.