Why does the penis hurt after sex, what can a man do

The penis is a rather sensitive organ, covered with a thin skin rich in nerve endings. To understand why a man's penis hurts after sex, you need to know the structure of the reproductive system and possible causes that can cause pain.

The main reasons why the penis hurts after different types of sex

There are a significant number of factors that can lead to pain in the penis after intercourse - from microtrauma and inflammation to male diseases 1.

Often, the reason depends on what kind of sex the penis hurts after: vaginal, oral or anal. Let's consider each of the options in more detail.

Vaginal

Main reasons:

• Pain is not always a manifestation of the disease itself. In severe cases, bleeding of varying intensity joins the pain syndrome. With such an injury, it is advisable not to postpone the visit to the urologist, who will perform a surgical debridement of the wound, apply a bandage and give recommendations for further treatment.
• One of the common causes of pain in the head is its inflammation, or balanoposthitis. Failure to comply with the rules of intimate hygiene, infection with bacteria and yeast-like fungi - all this leads to the development of an inflammatory disease. Visually, one can notice swelling and bright hyperemia of the skin on the head and foreskin, sometimes weeping and sharply painful areas on the genitals are observed.
• They can get an infection through the urethra or as a result of injury. A purulent cavity is often formed at the site of the lesion, which at the time of intercourse causes pain, is injured and eventually breaks out (that is, the problem was earlier, it just manifested itself after sex).
• Painful sensations after sex can occur against the background of STDs, in which the bladder, seminal vesicles, urethra and prostate gland are often involved in the pathological process. Abundant discharge, which intensifies even more at the time of intercourse, strongly irritates the outer surface of the penis and provokes the appearance of pain. As a rule, the pain is acute and difficult to endure.
• Phimosis. The man notes pain and inability to remove the head, inflammatory changes on the penis in the form of redness and severe swelling. Frequent sex in this case will lead to even greater trauma and aggravation of the course of phimosis.
• Men with interstitial cystitis, in turn, experience intense painful sensations on the head at the time of ejaculation (as a result, there may be a fear of orgasm, which is fraught with erectile dysfunction). In addition, with cystitis, frequent urination occurs, accompanied by cuts and imperative (sudden, difficult to control) urges.

The following 3 reasons are less common, but still have a place to be on our list:

• At the end of the act of ejaculation, a painful spasm in the muscles of the penis is possible, arising on a psychological basis and having an independent regression.
• The growth of papillomas and genital warts on the surface of the head of the penis causes pain at the time and after the end of intercourse.
• Adenoma of the prostate and malignant neoplasms of the penis are also sometimes accompanied by hematuria and persistent pain that worsens after sex.

Blowjobs

The human oral cavity contains many opportunistic microorganisms, including staphylococci and streptococci, various fungi. This type of sex can lead to a serious inflammatory process on the skin of the glans penis and its foreskin (especially if the partner is new).

If a guy's penis hurts after sex and swelling, redness is found, he must necessarily pass a bacteriological culture of a smear from the urethra, and his partner - from the oral cavity.

It is also possible to receive mechanical injuries from the teeth, as a result of which small abrasions and cracks form on the skin. Do not forget about the aggressive properties of saliva, namely the enzymes it contains - lysozyme and alkaline pH, which also have a detrimental effect on the delicate skin of the penis and can provoke pain.

Anal

The appearance of painful sensations in the head of the penis after anal sex is possible for the following reasons:

All dependences on the type of sex, the penis can hurt if a man has Peyronie's disease - a pathological curvature of the penis. In a certain percentage of patients, pain syndrome occurs after each erection.

What to do

With pain in the penis after intimacy, first of all, a man should consult a urologist to find out the cause of the complaint, undergo a comprehensive examination and select treatment tactics.

This is the only way to eliminate pain syndrome in the shortest possible time, thereby eliminating problems with potency in the future. Do not be ashamed, there is nothing shameful about it, it is a shame in this case to be inactive.

The following is simple:

• microtrauma - elimination of symptoms;
• venereal (or any other) disease is a specific therapy (depending on the type of pathology, sometimes it is a surgical intervention).

Here's what you can do before going to the doctor 2:

• take a warm shower (not cold or hot) without soap;
• treat the penis with Miramistin (in the absence of Chlorhexidine);
• you can apply a cold compress through the cloth;
• tight pants should be replaced with wide shorts;
• take an over-the-counter pain reliever (such as ibuprofen).

If the pain cannot be tolerated, call an ambulance, you probably have a broken penis (this is another reason, but it was not on the list, since it is obvious).

5 rules to prevent this from happening again

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