Interventions for vaginismus

Diagnosing and managing vaginismus.

points The conditions of vaginismus, vestibulodynia, and dyspareunia overlap Diagnosis of vaginismus is based on a full psychosexual history The degree of distress, anxiety, and self reported interference with penetration is more central to the diagnosis than is muscle tone Genital examination is needed at some point to exclude organic pathology Information on sexual function and pelvic anatomy...

Psychotherapy of Vaginismus

Also psychological factors should play a crucial role to arouse this dysfunction. The problems such as avoidance, fear of penetration, anxiety, relationship problems, chronic frustration, disappointment and depression, previous child sexual abuse could be experienced by patients as painful spasmodic reflex. In addition, poor sexual self-esteem, lack of interest, and general inability to find pl...

Treatment Protocol for Vaginismus: A Case Study

Help Seeking and Vaginismus Help-seeking Behaviour in Sufferers of Vaginismus

Help seeking and vaginismus 2 Summary The aim of the study was to examine the help-seeking behaviour of sufferers of vaginismus and to explore their experiences of professional intervention. A postal questionnaire was completed by sufferers (n=67) and ex-sufferers (n=22) of vaginismus through a newspaper advert, self help groups, psychotherapists and professional organisations asking them about...

A Case of Acute Vaginismus

any practical way of treating the following condition? I have a patient who is a young Bengali girl of 20 quite healthy and robust. She was in love with a healthy young man, whom she married some two years back. Both the husband and the wife deny a history of even a single act of successful coitus, since their marriage. This being a very obstinate case of vaginismus, I have carefully gone into ...