Pain During Intimacy: How to Help When Your Partner Has Endometriosis Most often when a guy focuses on male organ problems, he’s looking at ways to treat a persistent manhood odor or to “fix” a reluctant woody or to find out what that unhealthy-looking growth really is. But sometimes male organ problems can involve one’s female partner(s) instead. For example, it’s a problem for a guy’s manhood if his partner has pain during intimacy due to endometriosis. What is this condition? Because people tend to be more knowledgeable about intimate health issues, there is more knowledge now about endometriosis – but many men still know little about it except that it can be hard to pronounce. So what exactly is endometriosis? When a woman has endometriosis, it means that the endometrium, which is a layer of tissue that should be lining the inside of the uterus, is instead growing outside of the uterus – typically around the ovaries, fallopian tubes and surrounding area. As one can imagine, this is not exactly comfortable, and in fact generally causes some degree of pelvic pain in women – a chronic case of it in about half of women with endometriosis. And even more affected women experience pain from it when they are menstruating. Not surprisingly, penetration can also cause extreme discomfort. How much pain (and how often it occurs) depends upon the specific circumstances of an individual. But for many women, it can be a frequent reason to avoid intimacy – and understandably so. For partners of women with endometriosis, of course, it can be frustrating. But it’s important to understand that this pain is quite real and caring and committed partners need to work together to find ways to enjoy intimacy together even when endometriosis is creating a pain barrier. Things to do www.man1health.com