More than half of people with diabetes, men and women face difficulties in their sex life. Their quality of life was profoundly disturbed. Do not hesitate to talk to her doctor, to adopt the most appropriate treatment.
disorders of sexual function caused by diabetes have been described long ago. Avicenna's, mentioned in his writings in the tenth century, citing the "collapse of sexual function as a specific complication of the disease." This share is then subject to taboo for many centuries, and it was not until the 1950s to see the emergence of medical literature about this. Sexual problems are now considered an important aspect of diabetes complications, and have become a subject of any player in the research, in all its aspects.
Half of diabetics affected by sexual dysfunction
estimated prevalence of diabetes in France is around 4%, about 2.5 million people, which must be added the estimated 500,000 to 800,000 People who live in ignorance of their disease.
Among these patients, more than half of this sexual dysfunction potentially related to their illness. Sexuality becomes a prominent issue in the daily life of diabetic patients, especially for its well-being.
The Association for Information Development and Sexuality Research (ADIR), two thirds of patients seek help, through information, drugs or sex therapy. Diabetic patients also expect that their doctor addresses the issue during the consultations. Demand for care is increasing steadily.
In women, there is a sexual dysfunction in 18 to 27% of cases of type 1 diabetes, and in 42% of cases of type 2 diabetes. Diabetic women is about two times greater risk of sexual dysfunction than non-diabetic. Data on sexual disorders in women are rarer. The factors responsible for this lack of data is the lack of representativeness of the questionnaires dealing with sexual dysfunction, the complexity of assessing women's sexuality and finally the variations according to hormonal status. Physicians who are interested are often marked sexual dysfunction in diabetic women, such as disorders of orgasm.
The medical specialist who deals sexual disorders in men with diabetes is andrologist. The main clinical manifestations of sexual disorders in diabetic humans are primarily erectile dysfunction. Followed by ejaculation.
About 66% of diabetic patients suffer from specific sexual problems: erectile dysfunction (60%), ejaculation disorders (24%) and disorders of desire or libido (24%). For 70% of them, these disorders have degraded their quality of life and sometimes cause rejection of treatment.
