This report concerns a case that shows the apparent successful use of acupuncture and moxibustion in treating hypersexuality. The patient was a 60-year-old Chinese woman with a history of uraemia for 4 years and hypersexuality for 7 months, the latter being a rare condition. The presenting symptoms were persistent sexual desires and fantasies, in addition to being irritated when her continuous ...

An error in the last sentence of the Abstract occurred during the production process. The publisher apologizes for the error. Please see the correct Abstract text here: Although much is currently known about hypersexuality (in the form of excessive sexual behavior) among sexual offenders, the degree to which hypersexual behavior is linked to paraphilic and especially pedophilic interests in non...

The behavior of 26 male cats was systematically observed before, during, and after daily administration of the tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitor, p-chlorophenylalanine. These observations established that "hypersexuality," increased aggression, and perceptual disorientation are sequelae of the chronic administration of the drug in cats.

kleine-levin syndrome (kls) is a rare syndrome characterized by periodic hypersomnia, hyperphagia, behavioral disturbances, and in some instances hypersexuality. this report depicts a17-year-old boy with kls. he has experienced long periods of hypersomnia, sometimes up to 40 days. during these periods he was impatient, aggressive, depersonalized, suffering from hyperphagia, and amnesia. he did ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Studies have reported higher prevalences of four behavioral addictions (binge eating, compulsive shopping, hypersexuality, and pathological gambling) in dopamine agonist-treated Parkinson's disease relative to non-dopamine agonist-treated Parkinson's. However, recent case-control and epidemiological studies suggest that prevalences of behavioral addictions in dopamine agonist-tr...

Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a chromosomal disorder affecting males, with the typical karyotype of 47,XXY due to a supernumerary X chromosome, which causes progressive testicular failure resulting in androgen deficiency and infertility. Despite it being the most common sex chromosomal disorder, its diagnosis is easily missed. In addition to its classical clinical features of tall stature, gynae...

Background: Pedophilia is a deviant sexual interest subject to more public stigma and punitive attitudes than others. has received disproportionate amount of scholarly attention in comparison other interests. To address this, the present study offers associated with pedophilia, fetishism, hypersexuality. Methods: Recruited Australia, one-hundred twelve individuals participated an anonymous onli...