Vaginismus, should there be more info for woman about this?

I have got vaginismus and have had it for about a year before I started getting treated as I wasn't sure what was wrong with me and was embarrased to go to the doctors, does anyone else think this should be talked about more?

I am sure it very difficult for you going through this, but I am unsure where you would want it talked about more. It is a condition that I was very much aware of I think through reading women's magazines.

Sounds like it should be...Considering I have never heard of it.

Vaginismus (the German equivalent of the word Vaginism) 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

i learned something new today, thanks. i definately agree that there should be more material on this condition.

i'm no doctor but I'm happy to have a look.

The truth is there is a lot of information on the net, so much that you won't be able to read it all and I am not kidding.
Just in Google I found pages upon pages:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=c...

or gigablast
http://www.gigablast.com/search?k4s=2405...
There are many more search engines to look into.

The problem is not that there is no information but that women are not informed and doctors do not volunteer (not all but many are) much information, sometimes I think they are scared of too inquisitive intelligent patients.

I do think its a woman's duty to explore, research and get informed about anything that concerns her life be it health, marriage, kids etc. The problem is we are all so busy juggling between work, home, family, friends etc. that we have hardly time to ourselves and our needs. But, when a medical situation arises (or any other for that matter) there is a lot to be researched and get informed.

It should be I think, i never heard of it.

Yes defo cos none of my lady freinds know anything about anything my mother is a nurse so thats how i have a clue about these types of things but its terrible and it damages your confidence and quite a few women suffer from it!

I'd heard of it, I read it in a book of conditions. But I was a weird kid and read books about diseases, LOL. I think it must be pretty rare. Surely women who aren't suffering from it don't need information? But I agree women do need to know it's a condition.

Yep. I've written to Oprah several times... seems her show would be a good vehicle to get this condition some exposure. The number of times they've discussed women's sexual health and come so close...

Maybe we all need to email her...

Also, you can get loads of information from www.vaginismus.com. You're so lucky that the internet is so full of infomation these days. Back when I was first suffering, I seriously thought that I was the only one - there was no info on the internet.

Best of luck to you. Don't forget to join a support group - try the yahoo group primaryvaginismus.