Genital numbness without pain. Could this be PNE?
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:24 pm
Hello, this is the first time for me posting here. I'm female, 19 years old and for almost 2 years now I have loss of sensation in the genital area.
I can still feel physical touch and temperature (altough a bit muted compared to before) but sexual pleasure is almost completely gone. Especially my clitoris is the most numb and it doesn't get stiff anymore. I can still get wet though but it doesn't feel good anymore. I can also still orgasm but it's not very pleasurable anymore. Some days it's better and some days it's worse but never like before. When I sit alot the numbness usually gets a bit worse and sometimes I also feel tingling sensations in my genitals while sitting.
My bladder and rectum also feel numbish but I don't have any incontinence or retention. It's just that the pressure sensation that gives you an urge to urinate is very muted and my bladder usually has to fill up alot until I feel like I need to go. No issues with legs or feet.
There wasn't any event that triggered it sadly. I just woke up one day and had sensation loss. Never took any medication either (I have read SSRI can cause genital numbness). The only thing I can recall is that around 2-4 weeks before the numbness occurred I woke up with intense coccyx/sacrum pain. Sitting down was hell and with every step I could feel my tailbone ache between my buttocks. This only lasted a few days and never came back so not sure if there could be any relation. Sometimes when I sit alot I feel a slight ache between my buttocks but its so mild I can just ignore it.
I went to alot of doctors but they couldn't figure out what's wrong sadly. I had blood tests which were fine and a mri of my lower back/sacrum but there was nothing to see(like a herniated disk). I read alot about pelvic floor dysfunction and did alot of stretching and reverse kegeling but nothing really helped. Daily piriformis or glute stretches actually make it worse because after a few days of doing them I feel uncomfortable tingling sensations in my left buttock that last for a few hours/days. I couldn't seem to find a pelvic floor pt in my country sadly.
I don't really know what to do anymore. The loss of being able to feel sexual pleasure just makes me so sad. What could this be? Could this be PNE and if so can it still be reversible after almost 2 years? Who do I go to to test for that? I live in Germany and couldn't find a doctor through searching the internet. Thanks for every answer.
I can still feel physical touch and temperature (altough a bit muted compared to before) but sexual pleasure is almost completely gone. Especially my clitoris is the most numb and it doesn't get stiff anymore. I can still get wet though but it doesn't feel good anymore. I can also still orgasm but it's not very pleasurable anymore. Some days it's better and some days it's worse but never like before. When I sit alot the numbness usually gets a bit worse and sometimes I also feel tingling sensations in my genitals while sitting.
My bladder and rectum also feel numbish but I don't have any incontinence or retention. It's just that the pressure sensation that gives you an urge to urinate is very muted and my bladder usually has to fill up alot until I feel like I need to go. No issues with legs or feet.
There wasn't any event that triggered it sadly. I just woke up one day and had sensation loss. Never took any medication either (I have read SSRI can cause genital numbness). The only thing I can recall is that around 2-4 weeks before the numbness occurred I woke up with intense coccyx/sacrum pain. Sitting down was hell and with every step I could feel my tailbone ache between my buttocks. This only lasted a few days and never came back so not sure if there could be any relation. Sometimes when I sit alot I feel a slight ache between my buttocks but its so mild I can just ignore it.
I went to alot of doctors but they couldn't figure out what's wrong sadly. I had blood tests which were fine and a mri of my lower back/sacrum but there was nothing to see(like a herniated disk). I read alot about pelvic floor dysfunction and did alot of stretching and reverse kegeling but nothing really helped. Daily piriformis or glute stretches actually make it worse because after a few days of doing them I feel uncomfortable tingling sensations in my left buttock that last for a few hours/days. I couldn't seem to find a pelvic floor pt in my country sadly.
I don't really know what to do anymore. The loss of being able to feel sexual pleasure just makes me so sad. What could this be? Could this be PNE and if so can it still be reversible after almost 2 years? Who do I go to to test for that? I live in Germany and couldn't find a doctor through searching the internet. Thanks for every answer.