Monica has been experiencing recurrent pain during sexual intercourse with her partner, although she does not lack interest and can become adequately aroused. Monica MOST likely suffers from:

Explanation:

Dyspareunia is pain occurs during sexual intercourse and  other sexual activity . The pain of Dyspareunia may be superficial or very deep depending on the disease progress. The reason of this pain may be vaginal dryness or disorders of the genital organs ,or too little arousal before intercourse and many other reasons. The bases of diagnosis of dyspareunia is based on symptoms and a pelvic examination.

Treatment:  dyspareunia can be treated by the use of antibiotic or anti-fungal therapy.

hormones in blood stream

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endocrine glands secrete hormones into the blood stream near them; the hormones then travel in our bloodstream until it reaches its destination, called a target cell, in distance parts of the body. in the target tissue, hormones lock onto the target’s plasma membrane, called the receptor site.