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Dyspareunia

Bindusri Paruchuri, M.D. and whitney green, MD Reviewed 05/2023
 


BASICS

The information presented in this chapter pertain to female dyspareunia. 

DESCRIPTION

  • Recurrent and persistent genital or pelvic pain associated with sexual activity, which is not exclusively due...

DIAGNOSIS

For women, the diagnosis of dyspareunia is made with the persistent or recurrent presence of one or more of the following symptoms per the DSM-5: 
  • Difficulty having intercourse

  • Marked vulvovag...

TREATMENT

GENERAL MEASURES

  • Initiate specific treatment when initial evaluation identifies an organic cause (2).

  • Once organic causes are ruled out, treatment is a multidimensional and multidisciplinary ...

ONGOING CARE

FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS

Patient Monitoring

  • Outpatient follow-up depends on therapy.

  • Every 6 to 12 months once resolved

DIET

A high-fiber diet may help if constipation is a contributing cause...

REFERENCES

1
Female Sexual Dysfunction. Obstet Gynecol. 2019;134(1):e1-e18. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003324.
2
Hill DA, Taylor CA. Dyspareunia in Women. Am Fam Physician. 2021;103(10):597-604. PMID: 33...

ADDITIONAL READING

Sorensen  J, Bautista  KE, Lamvu  G, et al. Evaluation and treatment of female sexual pain: a clinical review. Cureus.  2018;10(3):e2379. [View Abstract on...

SEE ALSO

  • Endometriosis; Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder (Vaginismus); Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Sexual Dysfunction in Women; Vulvovaginitis, Estrogen Deficient; Vulvovaginitis, Prepubescent

  • ...

CODES

ICD10

  • N94.1 Dyspareunia

  • F52.6 Dyspareunia not due to a substance or known physiol cond

SNOMED

  • 71315007 Dyspareunia (finding)

  • 41021005 Psychologic dyspareunia

  • 286992006 Dyspareunia - non-psychogenic

  • 817...

CLINICAL PEARLS

  • Thorough history to determine if patient feels pain before, during, or after intercourse will help identify cause.

  • Genito–pelvic pain and penetration disorder includes one or more of th...

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