Tuesday, in the program "Without Rendez-Vous" on Europe 1, the sexologist Catherine Blanc responds to a listener who wonders what may be the cause of the suffering she experienced during penetration.

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For some women, making love can become a real ordeal as the act of penetration is painful. A problem that can have multiple causes, from lack of desire to intestinal health problems. Tuesday, at the microphone of Mélanie Gomez, in the show Sans Rendez-Vous , on Europe 1, the sexologist Catherine Blanc has listed some for a listener facing this problem.

Aurélie's question

"Although I have a lot of desire for my companion, the penetration is always painful, and in some positions even more, I do not know what the cause may be, could you give me some ideas to explore?"

Catherine Blanc's answer

"We call it dyspareunia, and unfortunately, it's common for many women, it's punctual or, for some, daily, and we have to try to understand what is happening because we can not imagine only one second that sexuality can be organized in such a way.

The first cause, this may be a lack of lubrication. Some women experience painful penetration because they do not allow the right to say no when they do not feel like it and are therefore not very lubricated. The body must already be at the rendezvous of desire.

If the desire is there but the lubrication is not abundant enough (this is often the case for menopausal or pre-menopausal women), then there are ways to make the lubrication more comfortable. Lubricant gels are one of them. Often, the vagina does not lack lubrication but there is not enough for it to flow to the entrance. The moment of penetration embeds the small and large lips, which is very unpleasant. It's a bit like entering the door under your arm. Sometimes, even saliva can lubricate this start, and after the back and forth will reduce the lubrication inside the vagina to ensure that the coitus goes comfortably.

Second possibility: a problem of microbial origin. It must also be checked that there is no fungal infection, which would automatically cause irritation. Some women have it quite often. In this case, you need a gynecological consultation.

Finally, in some positions, the penis will rather touch the dorsal part of the vagina. But the vagina is a sheath that adjoins other organs. Depending on the position, certain organs can then be solicited vaginally. If the rectum or colon is inflamed, it can be painful. It is therefore also necessary to take care of problems that have nothing to do with gynecology but are of an intestinal nature. In these cases, some positions are less painful, especially those where the two people face each other, when the penis goes to the ventral part of the vagina. "