Although vaginismus is a disease that can be treated, in cases where it is not recognized as a disease and its treatment is postponed, it harms the self-confidence, relationships and marriage of the person. There are some misconceptions about the vaginismus problem. Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist Op. Dr. Meral Sönmezer gave important information about the subject.
Vaginismus is expressed as involuntary muscle contraction during sexual intercourse. This sexual dysfunction, which is mostly caused by psychological reasons, manifests itself with the suffering of women in the relationship. However, some information about vaginismus, which has become an urban legend, has spread throughout the society.
6 FALSE KNOWN FACTS IN VAGINISMUS
Sexual intercourse can be healthy as long as both parties feel comfortable with each other. The most common definition for vaginismus is that the woman does not allow intercourse due to her fears and concerns.
FALSE 1: Vaginismus heals spontaneously over time. Vaginismus is a psychological disease and must be treated. Years pass by waiting for the vaginismus to go away on its own. In vaginismus, which is very easy to treat when the right methods are used, women who delay the treatment steal their own happiness and harm their marriage. Therefore, do not waste time waiting for your vaginismus problem to go away on its own, and consult a gynecologist with sex therapy training as soon as possible.
FALSE 2: The woman with vaginismus does not allow sexual intercourse by contracting her vaginal muscles during sexual intercourse. The woman's attempt to have sexual intercourse by forcing herself causes trauma in the contracted vaginal entrance, causing the woman to fear sexual intercourse even more. Unconscious self-treatment complicates this process even more.
FALSE 3: Vaginismus cannot be treated. Vaginismus is a 100% curable disease and can be resolved in 1-5 sessions with the right treatment applied to the individual. After vaginismus treatment, the person can have a healthy sexual relationship.
FALSE 4: Vaginismus is seen in very few women. Vaginismus is a more common disease especially in Eastern countries. Vaginismus problem is encountered in 1 out of every 10 women in Turkey. Women who have vaginismus think that they only have such a problem because they are afraid to share this situation. Because they are afraid of being examined, they do not go to the gynecologist and have to struggle with this problem for years.
MYTH 5: Vaginismus patients cannot become pregnant. One of the well-known misconceptions is that a woman with vaginismus cannot conceive. However, it is possible to get pregnant without a full sexual intercourse, albeit with a low probability. In a sexual intercourse where the man can approach the external genital area, as a result of the man's ejaculation to the vulva, that is, to the external genital area of the woman, the sperms in the outer part of the vagina can swim to the tubes and fertilize the egg, thus pregnancy can take place. In some cases, vaginismus patients can get pregnant by in vitro fertilization or vaccination. However, being pregnant and having children do not eliminate vaginismus. As long as vaginismus is not treated, the problem of having sexual intercourse will continue.
FALSE 6: Vaginismus is a psychologically based disorder, so only psychological treatment is sufficient. Although 95% of vaginismus is caused by psychological causes arising from anxiety, fear, stress and anxiety, there are organic causes in 5% of cases. Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (VVS), pelvic inflammatory diseases, bartholin's abscess and cyst, congenital anatomical obstacles, hymen abnormalities are among the organic causes of vaginismus and should be treated by an experienced gynecologist.
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