Suggest Treatment For Painful Sexual Intercourse

Posted on Tue, 25 Nov 2014

Question: I am 58 yrs old. I have a problem with having sex. It hurts extremely bad if my husband tries to penetrate me.
I have gone through the change. What can I do?

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
you may use KY jelly

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for contacting health care magic.

What you are suffering from is called Dyspareunia. there are various causes for the same like, injury or trauma, vaginal dryness,inadequate lubrication, vaginismus and the most common are psychological with anxiety and stress playing a major role.

Before resorting to various causes you may try to ease penetration with increased clitoral stimulation before intercourse or lubrication with an over-the-counter lubricant such as K-Y jelly.

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regards,
dr XXXXXXX XXXXXXX

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj

Follow up: Dr. Sameer Kumar (18 hours later)

None of your suggestions work. Is there something else? Since I have gone through the change I heard that they made some pills and cream.

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Try the vaginal cream....ESTRIOL

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the follow up.

If you have tried the KY jelly and found it to be unsatisfactory, then you may try a cream called ESTRIOL 0.1%vaginal cream. Its an estrogen based cream to be applied intravaginally thrice a week. It repairs the vaginal mucosa and prevents dryness.

This should help. You may consult your gynecologist for a prescription.

Regards,
dr XXXXXXX XXXXXXX

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari