| | | | Sexual Dysfunction refers to inadequate sexual response which may
be due to a lack of sexual desire or to an inadequate performance. It may
be that there is a lack of satisfaction or orgasm. The lack of sexual
desire may be due to any generalized illness or endocrine disorder or to
the taking of drugs that antagonize endocrine function. Disorders of
performance in men can occur during arousal, penetration and ejaculation.
In the female dyspareunia and vaginismus are the main
disorders of performance. Diabetes Mellitus can cause a neuropathy
which results in loss of erection. Impotence can follow nerve damage from
operations on the prostate and lower bowel and can be the result of
neurological diseases affecting the autonomic system. Disorders of
satisfaction include, in men, impotence, emission without forceful
ejaculation and pleasureless ejaculation. In women such disorders range
from the absence of the congestive genital response to absence of orgasm.
Erectile dysfunction in men can sometimes be treated with sildenafil
citrate, aka "Viagra."
Sexual dysfunction may be due to
physical or psychiatric disease, or it may be the result of the
administration of drugs. The main group of drugs likely to cause sexual
problems are the anti-convulsants, psychotrophic drugs, the
anti-hypertensive drugs and drugs such as metoclopramide that
induce hyperprolactinaemia. The benzodiazepine tranquilizers can
reduce libido and cause failure of erection. Tricyclic
anti-depressives may cause failure of erection and clomipramine may
delay or abolish ejaculation by blockade of alpha-adrenergic receptors.
The mono-amine oxidase inhibitors often inhibit ejaculation. The
phenothiazides reduce sexual desire and arousal and may cause
difficulty in maintaining an erection. The antihypertensive drug,
methyldopa, causes impotence in over 20 per cent of patients on large
doses. The beta-adrenoceptor-blockers and the diuretics can also
cause impotence. The main psychiatric causes of sexual dysfunction include
stress, depression and guilt.
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