Health Topics A-Z

What are the Symptoms?

• Lack of sexual desire, sexual fantasies or interest in sexual contact.
• Lack of signs of sexual arousal, including vaginal lubrication, erection of the clitoris and nipples and swelling of the labia despite adequate sexual stimulation.
• Inability to reach an orgasm despite adequate sexual stimulation and signs of arousal.
• Painful spasm of the muscles around the vagina.
• Pain with vaginal penetration.
• Sensation of burning or pain, either in the vulva and the external areas of the vagina, or deep within the pelvis.

• You or your partner are experiencing significant distress due to sexual dysfunction.
• You lack any desire for sexual contact.
• You are unable to become sexually aroused or to have an orgasm, either as a new development or as a lifelong problem.
• You experience pain with intercourse or vaginal penetration.
• You are unable to participate in intercourse or vaginal penetration because you have involuntary muscle spasms around your vagina.