Question:
I’m 22 and I’ve just been sexually active about two months ago. Recently I noticed an unpleasant fishy smell coming from my vaginal discharge during intercourse. My husband notices it too and I’m beginning to feel embarrassed and uncomfortable about it. What is it and how do I get rid of it?
Answer:
It is alright to be sexually active and better still to have a good and a healthy sexual relationship. Having vaginal discharge which can interfere with lovemaking is very daunting and especially if the discharge foul smells. Natural discharge is not foul smell and anything else may well be the result of some infection. Bacterial infection where the source of infection comes from the anal passage may be the culprit. However the discharge is somewhat grayish and has a mousy odor. Infection by a parasitic single celled organism known as Tricomonas gives a greenish yellow discharge and a fishy odor. It would be wise to see a doctor, who may need to have a look to confirm the infection and if the vaginal wall has fine raspberry spots that may indicate trichomonas infection and an appropriate antibiotic will be provided.
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I sometimes experience extreme pain near the anal area after intercourse. What’s wrong with me?
Question
I sometimes experience extreme pain near the anal area after intercourse. It feels like something is contracting there. For your information, I have never engaged in anal sex. The pain gets so bad until I have to hold my breath and remain still until it goes away. The strange thing is that I don’t feel any of this kind of pain during sex. What’s wrong with me?
Answer
During sexual intercourse there is a lot of muscle contraction to facilitate genital control. The vagina is kept contracted by the woman throughout penile movement and in doing so the anal sphincter is automatically kept on contracted mode. Through sexual intercourse all these events are taking place and in some women the muscle can go into spasm right after cessation of intercourse and occasionally the spasm follows after climax. Keeping still is probably the best solution. However if this persists lovemaking can be very challenging to the woman. Doing regular pelvic floor exercise namely the Kegel exercise (similar to holding back urine or flatus) might be helpful in the long run. Try to do about 50-100 times a day.
I sometimes experience extreme pain near the anal area after intercourse. It feels like something is contracting there. For your information, I have never engaged in anal sex. The pain gets so bad until I have to hold my breath and remain still until it goes away. The strange thing is that I don’t feel any of this kind of pain during sex. What’s wrong with me?
Answer
During sexual intercourse there is a lot of muscle contraction to facilitate genital control. The vagina is kept contracted by the woman throughout penile movement and in doing so the anal sphincter is automatically kept on contracted mode. Through sexual intercourse all these events are taking place and in some women the muscle can go into spasm right after cessation of intercourse and occasionally the spasm follows after climax. Keeping still is probably the best solution. However if this persists lovemaking can be very challenging to the woman. Doing regular pelvic floor exercise namely the Kegel exercise (similar to holding back urine or flatus) might be helpful in the long run. Try to do about 50-100 times a day.