Female sexual pain disorders

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Etiology

The study of the causes or origins of a disorder or condition.

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DSM-4

Lifelong or primary vaginismus:

inability to have sexual intercourse despite the desire to do so, with the need to rule out a physical cause.

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Biopsychosocial factors

Various factors contributing to vaginismus, including psychosexual (anxiety, sexual abuse), biomedical (hormonal, pelvic floor muscles), cognitive/emotional (fear, disgust, avoidance), and interpersonal (intimacy, emotional expression) aspects.

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FAM model of vaginismus

Fear Avoidance Model explaining how fear and stress can increase tension in the pelvic floor muscles, leading to avoidant behaviors in individuals with vaginismus.

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