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What is Sexual Disorder?
Sexual dysfunction occurs when you have a problem that prevents you from wanting or enjoying sexual activity. Sexual dysfunction is different from asexuality. It can happen anytime. People of all ages experience sexual dysfunction, although the chances increase as you age.
Types of Sexual Disorder
Four categories of sexual dysfunction exist. It’s normal not to be in the mood sometimes. None of these should be considered a disorder unless it happens regularly and significantly affects your sexual life:
- Desire disorder is when you have little or no interest in sexual relations on an ongoing basis.
- Arousal disorder means you’re emotionally in the mood, but your body isn’t into it.
- Orgasm disorder means you’re emotionally in the mood, but you have an inability to climax that leaves you frustrated.
- Pain disorder involves having pain during intercourse.
Signs And Symptoms
Libido lowdown
Low testosterone can cause a loss of libido, or sexual desire for any person. For those with female reproductive organs, other contributing factors include:
- hormonal changes following childbirth
- breast-feeding
- menopause
Other causes include:
- high blood pressure
- diabetes
- certain medications
- relationship problems
- sexual inhibitions
- stress
- fatigue
- a fear of pregnancy
Erectile dysfunction (ED)
ED occurs when a penis cannot get or stay erect to engage in intercourse. This can occur due to:
- a problem with blood flow
- a nerve disorder
- an injury to the penis
- psychological problems, like stress or depression
- relationship issues
- chronic illness
- some medications
Ejaculation disorders
Premature ejaculation is ejaculation that happens before or immediately after penetration. This is often a consequence of performance anxiety. It can also be due to:
- other psychological stressors
- sexual inhibitions
- nerve damage
- spinal cord damage
- certain medications
Impaired ejaculation occurs when you can’t ejaculate at all. Retrograde ejaculation can happen in people with penises, particularly in those who also have diabetic neuropathy.
During orgasm, ejaculation enters the bladder instead of exiting out of the penis. Although this doesn’t cause major medical issues, it can impair fertility.
Pain and discomfort (vaginismus)
Many things can cause pain during sexual activity. Inadequate lubrication and tense vaginal muscles make penetration painful. Involuntary vaginal muscle spasms, or vaginismus, can make intercourse hurt. These may be symptoms of neurological, urinary tract, or bowel disorders.
The hormonal changes of menopause can make intercourse uncomfortable. A drop in estrogen levels can result in thinning of the skin in the genital area. It can also thin the vaginal lining and decrease lubrication.
Orgasmic dysfunction
Orgasmic either does not occur or is markedly delayed. This may be situational, in which case etiology is likely to be psychogenic, or invariable, when physical or constitutional factors cannot be easily excluded except by a positive response to psychological treatment. Orgasmic dysfunction is more common in women than in men . Stress and fatigue are the enemies of orgasm. So are pain and discomfort during sexual activity. Achieving orgasm may not be possible when your sex drive is low.
Excessive sexual drive
Both man and women may occasionally complain of excessive sexual drive as a problem in its own right, usually during late teenage or early adulthood. When the excessive sexual drive is secondary to an affective disorder or when it occurs during the early stages of dementia, the underlying disorder should be coded.
Sexual maturation disorder
The individual suffers from uncertainty about his or her gender identity or sexual orientation, which causes anxiety or depression. Most commonly this occurs in adolescents, who are not certain whether they are homosexual, heterosexual, or bisexual in orientation, or in individuals who after a period of apparently stable sexual orientation, often within a long-standing relationship, find that their sexual orientation is changing.