YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for July, 2002: Re: Painful intercourse

Re: Painful intercourse

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon, 8 Jul 2002 14:33:10 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Bill wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>My girlfriend of 2 1/2 years suffers from painful intercourse. According
>to her, it is really only painful after intercourse. She says it burns
>in her vagina, and worse when she urinates afterwards. BTW, she is 21
>years of age and says it has been this way since her first sexual
>encounter.
>
>She has seen a few Dr.'s on many occasions and no one has been able to
>do anything for her. A Uriologist (spelling??) even had the gaul to
>tell her that just some women have pain during sex and she has to learn
>to deal with it. He did check to see if she had a cyst on her urinary
>tract (using his finger) and said she did not. Needless to say we were
>a little upset with that "diagnosis" of some women just have painful
>sex.
>
>So far she has had 2 ultrasounds, the urioligist test, and 3 Dr.'s. She
>has had a few yeast infections, but the Dr.'s say it was cleared up on a
>reexamination, yet she still had painful intercourse. From what I have
>read (and I have done alot, trying to help out), it seems like it would
>be a cyst somewhere, but the 2 ultrasounds came up negative. One Dr.
>did say he felt something like a cyst, and that is why an ultrasound was
>given (but again, came up negative).

If 2 ultrasound came negative although the doctor said he felt a cyst,she should discuss the possiblity of having laparoscopy to clarify the condition.I assume here urine is free from infection and no vaginal infection.Here gynecologist will have a look at the cervix >
>She is scheduled to see an UBGYN in a few weeks to discuss it further.
>Any suggestions on what to ask, what she can do to help diagnose,
>etc...?? She is getting very frustrated and ready to give up on seeing
>more Dr.'s.

-- Samir Aziz MD Assist.Professor OB.Gyn. Al-Azhar University-Egypt

Note..This is for educational purposes only.

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