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  Pregnancy and Women’s Health Care International Journal - (PWHCIJ)| Stephy Publishers Introduction Dyspareunia is a common, but little-known, chronic problem, described as persistent or recurring pain that occurs during sexual intercourse. 1  It is a multifactorial pathology that involves psychological, biological and social factors. The incidence of dyspareunia is difficult to determine because women do not usually resort to consultation. The prevalence is around 10% of women of childbearing age and 45% of postmenopausal women. 2  Estrogen deficiency can lead to vaginal atrophy, the symptoms of which include vaginal dryness as well as dyspareunia, burning, and dysuria; urgent urinary symptoms, and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). 3  Dyspareunia can be classified in different ways: depending on the moment in which the pain appeared (primary or secondary), in the situational context (generational or situational) and the one that is most used today in cl...