Chronic Pain & Sex
This
section about chronic pain and sex is not intended as a comprehensive
source of medical information, but as a hub for links to other
more detailed sources.
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Chronic pain can affect many aspects of daily
life, one of which is the maintenance of a healthy sex life.
When pain enters into a relationship sexual
difficulties may occur because of external factors such
as advice about exercise, medication or other stresses.
Factors from within the relationship, including how you
feel about yourself, your motivation to maintain your sex
life and fear of movement can all contribute to sexual difficulty.
Your partner may also be having problems dealing
with your pain such as fear of hurting you or difficulty
assuming the role of carer as well as that of sexual partner.
Making changes is important. Talking, getting
fit and relaxing can all help your sex life.
If you have a pain problem, which needs treatment
you should contact your own doctor who can refer you to a
pain clinic in your area. This site is for information only
and cannot be treated as a substitute for the medical advice
of your own doctor. The Pain Relief Foundation is not able
to offer individual medical advice.
DEALING WITH PAIN SERIES: CHRONIC PAIN & SEX
The Pain Relief Foundation has produced it's own leaflet containing some simple
information on chronic pain & sex which is available
to download in PDF format:-
N.B. Requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader to view. If you don't have
the Acrobat reader you can download it here
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Useful Websites:
There are many sites on the World Wide Web offering information
to people about chronic pain and its treatment. The suggested
links, to websites providing such information, from this website
are considered by the doctors at the Pain Relief Foundation
to be useful and informative. If you know of a good web site
about chronic pain then we would be pleased to hear your recommendation.
The Pain Relief Foundation is not responsible for the
content of these web sites, and does not endorse any commercial
product or service mentioned or advised on these sites.
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