Painful Ejaculation: Know its causes

Originally posted 2021-09-29 04:42:20.

Painful ejaculation might range from severe pain to mild discomfort after or during ejaculation and is termed as orgasmalgia or dysorgasmia. Pain might involve the perianal or perineal area, scrotum or penis. It may cause serious impact upon sexual life.

9 causes

  • Surgery: Side effects and painful ejaculation can be a result of few surgical types. Radical prostatectomy is one such, where part or entire prostate is removed along with some nearby tissue for prostate cancer treatment. Risks include testicular and penile pin and erectile dysfunction. Painful ejaculation might also be caused due to hernia (inguinal herniorrhaphy) surgery.
  • Prostatitis: This is a term for prostate gland infection or inflammation and is a urological problem faced by men under 50. Frequent or painful urination is experienced. Other symptoms are difficult in erection and lower abdominal pain.

Some risk factors are:

  • Urinary catheter usage
  • Rectal intercourse
  • Enlarged benign prostate
  • Weakened immune system
  • Diabetes
  • Anti-depressant drugs: It may cause painful ejaculation and sexual dysfunction. Sexual side effects is likely to be caused by:
  • Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
  • Tetracyclics and tricyclics
  • Norepinephrine and serotonin reuptake inhibitors
  • Few serotonin reuptake inhibitors
  • Stones or cysts: It might develop within the ejaculatory duct and block ejaculate, thus causing painful ejaculation and infertility.
  • Prostate cancer: Although asymptomatic, it may cause painful ejaculation. The other symptoms are blood in semen or urine, erectile dysfunction and urination problems.
  • Pudendal neuropathy: This condition is damage to pelvis nerve, thus leading to rectal and genital pain. MS (Multiple sclerosis), diabetes and injury may affect pudendal nerve.
  • Trichomoniasis: This sexually transmitted infection might cause pain or burning while urinating.
  • Psychological issues: It can be emotional based, if pain is not felt during masturbation. Therapist should be visited.
  • Radiation therapy: Given in pelvis region may cause erectile dysfunction and pain during ejaculation, with temporary side effects.

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