New Delhi, April 2 -- Painful sex may be a result of multiple factors. It may be your first time, or you may be dealing with a vaginal infection or endometriosis. But it also happens due to a condition called vaginal stenosis. In this condition, the vaginal canal becomes narrow and short as a result of surgery or radiation treatment for pelvic cancer, causing pain during penetrative sex.

What is vaginal stenosis?

Vaginal stenosis is a medical condition characterised by the narrowing or constriction of the vaginal canal. This narrowing can occur anywhere along the length of the vagina, from the vaginal opening to the cervix, explains

obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Pooja C Thukral. It is a condition that can cause a shallow vagina.

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