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Women Sexual Dysfunction
Submitted by Thiruvelan on Wed, 2010-06-23 17:19
Long term of diabetes may cause sexual dysfunction in females. Most common among them are vaginal dryness, sexual discomfort, lack of desire or absent sexual response.
Female sexual dysfunction causes
- Infections and irritation, chronic high blood sugars promote yeast infections and vaginal irritation.
- Low blood flow, vascular damage caused by poorly-controlled diabetes restricts the blood flow to the vagina, which causes vaginal dryness and interferes with arousal.
- Nerve damage, women who have neuropathy to the genital area, the reproductive organs, or the vagina may have difficulty achieving orgasm.
- Neurogenic bladder, women with nerve damage to the bladder may have incontinence problems that make sex difficult and/or embarrassing. It can also make urinary tract infections (UTIs) more common, which may make sex uncomfortable.
Common female sexual dysfunctions
Many women with diabetes experience sexual problems. Sexual problems may include
- vaginal dryness or decreased vaginal lubrication,
- sexual intercourse with discomfort or painful
- lack of desire for sexual activity
- low or absent sexual response
Low or absent sexual response can be the inability to attain or remain arouse, lack of or absent sensation in the genital, and always or occasional inability to attain orgasm.
Causes of sexual problems in women with diabetes may be due to nerve damage, lack of blood supply to genital and vaginal tissues, and hormonal changes. Other causes may be due to some medications, alcohol, smoking, psychological problems of anxiety or depression, gynecologic infections, other conditions relating to pregnancy or menopause.
Consult doctors for treatment, the treatment may be after diagnosing the cause. For vaginal dryness over the counter vaginal lubricant will be prescribed. In most of the cases psychological counseling may provide useful solution.
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