A little spoken of symptom of endometriosis is pain with sex. In medical terms, it is called dyspareunia- meaning pelvic pain that occurs before, during, or after intercourse (although similar pain can also be felt with an exam or insertion of a tampon). Deep dyspareunia is “a cardinal symptom of endometriosis” (Wahl et al., 2020) with more than half of women with endometriosis experiencing it…
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