Female Sexual Dysfunction

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Sexual dysfunction can occur for both men and women, preventing you from getting satisfaction from sexual intercourse. When we refer to female sexual dysfunction, it means the inability of women to attain or maintain arousal and lubrication during any phase of the sexual response cycle. About 43% of all women are distinctively affected by some type of sexual disorder; 75% of these are women who have reached their menopause.

Most women describe this disorder as not having any interest in sex. Uncommon, but known terms of female sexual dysfunction include dyspareunia (pain during intercourse) and vaginismus. There is now a treatment available in the form of prescription patches to treat female sexual dysfunction. Intrinsa patches help women to increase their desire for sexual relations.

Symptoms

The symptoms of female sexual dysfunction are as below:

• Low sex drive
• Inability to attain or maintain arousal
• Inability to reach orgasm
• Pain during sexual intercourse

If you are experiencing any of the above side effects, it is possible that you are suffering from this disorder. Nowadays treatment for this condition is available and women no longer need to suffer in silence.

Causes

Female sexual dysfunction can occur on account of a number of reasons including physical as well as psychological causes.

The physical causes can include pelvic surgery including hysterectomy; menopause; hardening of the arteries; excessive smoking habit; lack of hormones such as estrogen and testosterone; diabetes; high or low blood pressure and intake of medications such as antidepressants, birth control pills, and seizure medication.

The psychological causes can include depression; work related stress; physical, emotional or sexual abuse; excess intake of alcohol or harmful drugs; self-esteem problems and personal relationship problems.

However, women can now get a prescription treatment to get rid of their sexual problems.

Treatment

Female sexual dysfunction is a disorder, which was not given importance until recently. Female sexual dysfunction is a complex process, caused by a variety of physical and psychological factors. Unlike men, women associate sex with various emotions and hence female sexual dysfunction is not easy to treat. Nevertheless, treatment for female sexual dysfunction is finally available in the form of Intrinsa patches.

Meds4all provides the latest treatment, Intrinsa patches, to treat sexual dysfunction in women. Intrinsa is the first clinically proven, prescription-only medication for women. It is a transdermal patch and delivers a sex hormone called testosterone via abdominal skin. Intrinsa helps by increasing the levels of testosterone in menopausal women suffering from female sexual dysfunction. Intrinsa should be used only after a thorough consultation with doctor.

Drugs available on prescription should be an alternative treatment only after a thorough consultation with your physician or your family doctor. Please read all offline as well as online information, in addition to possible effects before you use a treatment. You should always contact your doctor if you have questions regarding your treatment. Our doctors are also available if you need to contact them at any point of the treatment.