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I135 Dyspareunia and vaginismus: what the gynaecologist should not miss
Author(s) -
Graziottin A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/s0020-7292(09)60135-1
Subject(s) - vaginismus , citation , medicine , gynecology , library science , computer science , sexual dysfunction , psychiatry
Sexual pain disorders – dyspareunia and vaginismus – are very sensitive issues, as pain involves emotionally charged behaviours: sexual intimacy and vaginal intercourse. Sexual pain has been included into Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD), classification established in 1998 during the 1 Consensus Conference and then revised during 2 Consensus Conference, in 2004. Before 1998, sexual pain was considered from the psychological point of view (ICD-10 and DSM-IV). Opposite to that view, pain is almost never “psychogenic”, except for pain from grieving. Physical pain has a prominent biological basis, nociceptive or neuropathic.