Vaginismus

Vaginismus is a condition which affects a woman's ability to engage in any form of vaginal penetration, including sexual penetration, insertion of tampons, and the penetration involved in gynecological examinations. This is the result of a conditioned reflex of the pubococcygeus muscle, which is sometimes referred to as the 'PC muscle'. The reflex causes the muscles in the vagina to tense suddenly, which makes any kind of vaginal penetration -- including sexual penetration -- either painful or impossible. A vaginismic woman does not consciously control the spasm. The vaginismic reflex can be compared to the response of the eye shutting when an object comes towards it. The severity of vaginismus varies from woman to woman. (From the Wikpedia article Vaginismus.)

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Recent Publications on Vaginismus:
[Sexological problems in neurological disorders: neurosexology] The author has examined this complex subject-matter as he has not found...	10th November, 2009		Ideggyogy Sz. 2009 Sep 30;62(9-10):292-7.
The DSM Diagnostic Criteria for Vaginismus. Vaginal spasm has been considered the defining diagnostic characteristic...	24th October, 2009	Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Ave.,	Arch Sex Behav. 2009 Oct 23. DOI Direct Link
The DSM Diagnostic Criteria for Dyspareunia. The DSM-IV-TR attempted to create a unitary category of dyspareunia based...	16th October, 2009	Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue,	Arch Sex Behav. 2009 Oct 15. DOI Direct Link
Development and initial validation of the vaginal penetration cognition questionnaire (VPCQ) in a sample of women with vaginismus and dyspareunia. INTRODUCTION: Although the relevance of cognitions has been implicated in...	1st October, 2009	Department of Psychosomatic Gynecology and Sexology, Leiden University	J Sex Med. 2009 Jun;6(6):1617-27. DOI Direct Link
Efficacy of transvaginal biofeedback and electrical stimulation in women with urinary urgency and frequency and associated pelvic floor muscle spasm. Women with urinary urgency and frequency may also have pelvic floor muscle...	18th September, 2009	Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.	Urol Nurs. 2009 May-Jun;29(3):171-6.
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