Why Does it Hurt When you Ejaculate?

If you’ve ever experienced painful ejaculation, you sure can tell that it is a terrible condition. It impairs relationships, undermines self-esteem, and frustrates a supposedly pleasurable moment into a source of frustration. In some cases, painful ejaculation is a symptom of another condition, usually swelling in the prostate. A number of studies have found that about 10% of men experience this symptom and about 50% of men who suffer prostatitis experience pain during ejaculation. Your days of this scary and embarrassing experience is just about to end because this condition is treatable.

Symptoms of Painful Ejaculation

• Sufferers may experience pain in the penis, bladder, or rectum during or after ejaculation.
• Some men only feel the pain after having sex with a partner, however, not when they masturbate.
• Some people feel pain shortly before ejaculation
• Some men may feel pain during urination, especially just after ejaculating.
• The duration of the pain may last only a few minutes, or even up to 24 hours after ejaculation.
• Ejaculation pain can be mild or extremely intense.

8 Causes of Painful Ejaculation

There are numerous conditions that can cause painful ejaculation. In most men, this condition is mostly due to underlying medical issues. Let`s see the causes.

Prostate Disorders

Painful ejaculation is usually linked to challenges with the prostate. Men who suffer prostatitis have swelling and inflammation of the prostate, and this swelling is usually due to prostate infection. Nerve damage and urinary tract infection (UTI) are common causes of prostate disorders. Diabetes is a common culprit for nerve damage that leads to prostatitis. What`s more? There`s a condition called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which causes the prostate to enlarge, thereby affecting ejaculation. Men with BPH may also feel some pain while urinating, as well as frequent urges to urinate. There are some other prostate problems such as prostate cancer and the effects of surgery on the prostate that may cause painful ejaculation.

Seminal Vesicle Problems

The seminal vesicle is a gland where sperm combines with other fluids to make semen. Men may have painful ejaculation when this gland encounters some conditions such as calculi.

Medication

Painful ejaculation may also be a side effect of some medications. Antidepressants, for instance, may cause some sexual issues such as erectile dysfunction (ED), changes in libido, and painful ejaculation.

Pelvic Procedures

Pelvic radiation, among other procedures on the genitals or the pelvis, can damage the prostate and other parts of the body that are pivotal in ejaculation. This may result in painful ejaculation.

Nervous System Issues

There are disorders that affect the nervous system and can damage the nerves connected with ejaculation and orgasm. There are also physical injuries that harm the nerves. Men with spinal cord injuries may experience pain during ejaculation.

Mercury Toxicity

Some people experience painful ejaculation from mercury poisoning, often due to contaminated fish. Research is still ongoing in this, to ascertain the actual link.

Sexually Transmitted Infections

There are various sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that may cause painful ejaculation. A common symptom is a burning sensation when ejaculating, urinating, or both. Trichomoniasis and chlamydia are common STIs with this symptom.

Relationship and Emotional Challenges

Men’s sex lives are endangered by depression, anxiety, and stress. These conditions can cause radical changes in men’s sex lives, causing painful ejaculation, among other challenges. Men who have relationship and emotional problems may have painful ejaculation during sex, but to experience it during masturbation.

Painful Ejaculation and Urination

Some men who experience painful ejaculation may also feel pain during urination. The common causes of this are underlying conditions such as BPH, prostatitis, trichomoniasis, and chlamydia. Ejaculation and urination have a number of nerves in common and as a result, conditions, injuries, or procedures that affect that part of the body could affect both ejaculation and urination.

How to Treat Painful Ejaculation

To treat painful ejaculation, medical practitioners may need to first examine the patient and ask questions about relationships, medications, and mental health. Comprehensive testing for STIs can also be required in the course of examining the patient. There could also be a pelvic and prostate examinations, as well as assessment for BPH, prostatitis, and injuries. Another effective examination step is blood work to test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a substance found in men with prostate cancer and other prostate conditions. In many cases, treating the underlying cause fixes symptoms like painful ejaculation. There are  treatment options such as:

• switching medications if a drug is the cause of the condition
• surgery to treat prostate cancer and other prostate problems
• antibiotics to treat an STI or prostate infection
• psychotherapy and lifestyle changes to deal with relationship and emotional problems
• although nerve damage may be irreversible, there can be measures to prevent it from worsening.

There are cases whereby treatment fails, or medical professionals can`t figure out the cause of the condition. In such cases, these alternative strategies can reduce pain:

• muscle-relaxant medications
• anticonvulsant medications
• pain medication
• sex therapy
• pelvic floor exercises to strengthen the muscles required ejaculation

Complications of Painful Ejaculation

• loss of interest in sex
• relationship problems
• low self-esteem
• shame
• fertility issues

Some Sex and Ejaculation Facts

• The clitoris has over 8,000 nerve endings, while the penis has about half the number.
• The cerebral cortex and the limbic system are linked to men’s libido.
• During arousal, signals move from the cerebral cortex to some parts of the brain and nerves that are required for sexual activity.
• There are women who orgasm through nipple stimulation.
• The average male orgasm lasts six seconds, while females may get as far as 20 seconds.
• There are claims that women who take hormonal contraceptives may be more attracted to men who have less physical masculine characteristics.
• A woman may reach orgasm in about four minutes through masturbation, and take up to 20 minutes during intercourse.
• The duration it takes to reach orgasm varies across people and usually depends on a number of different factors such as arousal, intimacy level, and stress level.
• Penetration to ejaculation usually takes men about seven minutes.
• Some women can orgasm through clitoral or vaginal stimulation.
• Some of the best ways to stimulate the clitoris are by rubbing it gently with the fingers, palm, or tongue.
• A study found that masturbation leads to a lower chance of diabetes and insomnia.
• In a recent survey, 70% of married people reported that they masturbating habitually.
• A U.S. surgeon advised that people should learn about masturbation to reduce their risk of contracting AIDS.
• Masturbation does not cause blindness, STIs, cancer hairy palms, or infidelity. Those are myths
• A high sex drive may cause frequent masturbation.
• A study reveals that 80% of males masturbate by age 17, while only 60% of females do.
• A wide variety of animals in the wild masturbate; some of them are monkeys, squirrels, walruses, and deers.
• Some women orgasm just by doing crunches that include a leg raise — it causes the pelvic muscles to tighten and release, which can unleash a wave of blissful contractions down there.
• Male kangaroos have oral sex, while female porcupines use wooden sticks as dildoes.
• A number of people only masturbate because it helps them sleep better.
• Some women report that masturbation helps in easing menstrual cramps. This may be as a result of the feel-good hormones released during masturbation.