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Sexual desires are a very complex concept to explain in words. But the sexual desires in men and women are different at different age. Many think that sexual dysfunction can happen only in men while women are free from these problems. But this is also not true, as women to face sexual dysfunction many times in their life. The sexual desires of women mostly depend upon the state of the relationship, physical health and the mood. There are many events in women's life like pregnancy or bereavement that makes the women decline the sexual desire.
Some women experience coital pain, which means a constant pain during intercourse. Some women may experience the pain after the intercourse also. The vagina, clitoris or labia are the regions where she gets pains during or post the intercourse. Vaginismus is also a common case of sexual dysfunction in women in which the women experiences pain during penetration due to the contraction of the vagina. Many women have sexual desire and also respond to the sexual stimulation but only few are lucky to reach orgasm with any difficulty. There are many women who have not experienced orgasm. But this is not termed as sexual dysfunction.
Causes of Sexual Dysfunction -
- In the sexual desire the hormones secreted in female body like estrogen and small amount of testosterone plays an important role. When a woman is going through menopause phase of the menstruation, either by natural ways or by surgical ways like removing uterus and ovaries, the production of these hormones decreases rapidly. Women loose their libido after menopause and the vagina becomes dry, which slows down the vaginal lubrication during sexual stimulation. This is responsible to make sexual acts painful for the women and slowly she starts avoiding any kind of sexual act.
- If a woman is suffering from amenorrhea that is lack of menstruation then also there are same problems of vaginal dryness.
- In case of normal pregnancy there are no hurdles in the way of happy sex life. In the first trimester of pregnancy many women have less libido, as they are going through various symptoms of pregnancy like vomiting, nausea, pain in breasts and anxiety. In the second trimester thought the increased production of estrogen increases the libido in women. But again in the third trimester with the excitement of the arrival of the baby and several body changes again make the women libido less. After the delivery also the sexual desires keeps on fluctuating. After several weeks of her delivery, she will again feel the sexual desires, like she used to before the pregnancy.
- In many diseases like urinary tract infection, yeast infection or vestibulitis women experience painful sex due to the dryness of the mucous membranes and due to the vaginal discomforts. This is also a temporary sexual dysfunction, as once women get their conditions treated everything will be as before. Many women are allergic to certain kinds of condoms also and that can make the sexual act painful for her. There are several herbal treatments to cure sexual dysfunction in women.
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