Plate 7 of 10
Painful sex
At the entrance or deep inside: locating the pain, easing it, and knowing who to see
Pain during sex is neither a detail nor a fate: it is a signal. This plate is for the person who feels it and for their partners. Where can it come from, what can you change right away, and when is it better to talk to a health professional?
Pain during sex is common, and that is precisely why we tend to play it down. For some women, the episode stays isolated; for others, it sets in.
In large surveys of the general population, a significant share of sexually active women say they have had lasting pain during sex over the past year. For some of them, the pain comes back almost every time, has lasted for months and weighs on their mood.
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