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Please i need help! i have horrible vaginal pain. it only hurts when it comes in contact with things, like my nuvaring, intercourse, or tampons. it is?

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

Need an exam: To say for sure, but what you describe sounds a great deal like vaginismus. You'd need a doctor's exam to rule out other causes, but there is help for this if you choose to.

Answered 1/30/2014

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