Q: Please Doctor find time to give me a response. God bless you

I am 29 after an active sexual life I stopped having sex but just last year after 11 months the last time I had sex, resuming sex practice has been painful for me which after having sex I have pain and my vagina suffers inflammation on the body of the two inner closure of my private part and it is becoming disturbing to me and my partner. Please what could be the cause or prevention to it?

A: Pain during sexual intercourse is more common with women but can also happen in men. The first question above was sent in by a woman and the second one was sent in by a man. This condition is called dyspareunia in medicine.

Dyspareunia is a condition in which one experiences pain during or after sexual intercourse. In women, the…