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By Mayo Clinic staffResearchers estimate that up to 60 percent of women experience episodes of genital pain that occurs just before, during or after intercourse. But the location of pain and frequency of pain varies greatly. If you experience painful intercourse, you may feel:
- Pain with every penetration, even while putting in a tampon
- Pain with certain partners or just under certain circumstances
- New pain after previously pain-free intercourse
- Superficial (entry) pain
- Deep pain during thrusting, which is often described as "something being bumped"
- Burning pain or aching pain
Most women with dyspareunia complain of superficial pain, which occurs upon penetration.
