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Dyspareunia or pain during sexual intercourse can occur both in men and women but is more common among women.
Male dyspareunia or dyspareunia in men is a recurrent or continuous pain in the genital or pelvic region which occurs during or after sexual activity and is present for three months or longer. The pain in the penis may be accompanied by a burning sensation during and even after ejaculation.
This condition is extremely rare in men and can be caused by physical and at times even psychological issues.
There are a variety of causes that can lead to dyspareunia:
The psychological causes include:
The medical factors that can lead to dyspareunia include:
The other causes that can lead to male dyspareunia include:
The symptoms of dyspareunia in men include:
Diagnosis of dyspareunia in men involves:
Dyspareunia in men is usually associated with medical conditions and does not usually cause any form of severe health complications.
The complications can be caused by the underlying medical condition causing the dyspareunia.
However, dyspareunia does affect the sexual life of the person. With the right intervention and treatment, dyspareunia can be managed and even cured.
Medical treatment of dyspareunia in men depends upon the cause.
Stretch exercises which strengthen the pelvic floor can help immensely in doing away with the symptoms of dyspareunia especially in men who suffer from this condition due to prostatitis since prostatitis leads to weak pelvic floor muscles.
Practicing yoga regularly can help in strengthening and removing the tightness of muscles that can cause the pain associated with dyspareunia. Yoga can also decrease stress levels, anxiety, depression and boost your self-image and self-confidence.
The patient can also consult a pelvic floor specialist who can help him find the right treatment and exercises to help rehabilitate the pelvic muscles.
Kegel exercises for men can strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and help alleviate the symptoms of dyspareunia.
Kegel exercises were named after Dr. Arnold Kegel, who has popularized them in the ‘50s. These exercises initially were meant to cure patients suffering from urinary incontinence (often after childbirth).
Gradually the efficacy of Kegel’s exercise was discovered for patients who suffer from conditions like dyspareunia and vaginismus.
You can easily identify the pelvic the pelvic floor muscles, which support the bladder and bowel and affect sexual function.
Go to the bathroom and urinate a little, then stop the flow of your urine midstream. Then start urinating again, retain the flow of urine, and stop again and then start again. Do so until you have emptied your bladder.
The muscles which just acted according to your wishes are the pelvic floor muscles.
You can also test the same muscles out by tightening them to keep you from passing gas.
Once you identify these muscles it is important to exercise them in order to be able to contract and relax these muscles at will.
This is known as Kegel’s exercise.
The exercise of alternatively stopping and letting the urine flow is only for test purposes to identify the muscles which need to be exercised while performing the Kegel's exercises.
Warning: Please do not do the Kegel exercises while urinating.
When you are still at the stage of practicing the Kegel exercise do not attempt a sexual intercourse with penetration.
Practice the Kegel exercise for a week or two.
Find a quiet suitable place to do the exercise. You can do it after waking up in the morning and just before bedtime while lying on your bed.
Follow the steps given below:
Initially, a certain effort of concentration will be needed to contract the pelvic muscles only, without contracting the abdominal and gluteal muscles. When you get used to it, it will become automatic.
Once you become comfortable doing these sessions quietly in bed, you can do the Kegel exercises anytime while doing some other activities, for example, watching TV, working on your computer, in your car, etc.
Once you are comfortable doing the Kegel’s exercise anywhere, sync it with breathing exercises.
Repeat several series of this exercise.
You can do this exercise in front of a mirror in order to visualize your pelvic muscles at work. This can immensely help to improve your mental awareness of this part of your body and help boost your performance when you resume your sex life.
Dyspareunia is 12.6%, with a higher prevalence in the central region of India, among newly married and younger women. It is more prevalent.
Diagnosis of dyspareunia in men is rare. Dyspareunia in men is mainly caused by medical factors. 
Psychological factors too can cause dyspareunia in men, such cases though are very rare.
It is usually men who are emotionally unstable that often find penetration during sex painful. Due to anxiety the men find the epidermis of the penis stiff and unmovable in other words the skin tightens up, which is dyspareunia. A spasm of the muscles is common and in such cases one should abstain from sex. Forceful sex for men during this time can hurt or damage the tissues.
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