This is the first of three planned guidelines to address the sexual health of people with who are HIV positive. The other two under consideration are reproductive health choices for women and sexual dysfunction in men with HIV. This guideline complements existing BASHH Clinical Effectiveness Group guidelines on individual sexually transmitted infections and screening and testing available at: w...

background: sexual dysfunction is one of the most common problems in men after coronary artery bypass graft (cabg). etiology of sexual dysfunction in these patients may be psychological or organic due to hormonal changes. objective: the purpose was to evaluate the incidence and type of sexual dysfunction and changes in serum concentration of sex hormones in male patients undergoing on-pump cabg...

conclusions our study demonstrated that almost all ghq and msscq parameters were lower in ra patients, which indicates lower quality sexual life in ra patients. we recommend further consideration for the treatment and care of these patients. patients and methods in this case-control study, two groups of females (87 ra patients and 89 controls) were randomly selected from the rheumatology clinic...

background and aims: sexual dysfunction is a common complaint among drug abusers in the treatment with methadone and buprenorphine. the aim of this study was to assess sexual dysfunction in patients undergoing methadone or buprenorphine for maintenance therapy. methods: this research was a cross-sectional study. a 3-parts questionnaire (demographic questions, international index of erectile fun...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between reproductive hormonal dynamics and sexual dysfunction assessed in a cohort of women approaching menopause. METHODS Women in the Penn Ovarian Aging Study were assessed at yearly intervals for 3 years with early follicular hormone measurements (estradiol, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone [LH], sex hormone binding globulin, dehyroepi...

There is an association between hypertension and reproductive dysfunction. Angiotensin II (Ang II) is involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension and the regulation of reproduction. The present study aimed to determine whether the angiotensinergic system mediates the effects of hypertension on reproductive function in male rats subjected to a two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) model. Sexual behavior ...

OBJECTIVE Analysing scientific publications about male sexual and reproductive health in Colombia during the last two decades and determining the main findings about knowledge regarding the topic in Colombia. METHODOLOGY A systematic review was made of scientific publications in international databases concerned with male sexual and reproductive health in Colombia. Inclusion criteria concerne...

Objective Infertile females experience some types of distress such as social stress, depression, and sexual dysfunction that may be exacerbated by polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The current study aimed at comparing psychological profile of infertile females with and without PCOS in four domains: infertility stress, depression, sexual dysfunction, and alexithymia. MaterialsAndMethods The curr...

Reproductive disorders are unusually common among women and men with epilepsy. They are generally associated with and may be the consequence of reproductive endocrine disorders. Both epilepsy itself and antiepileptic drug use have been implicated in their pathophysiology. This review focuses on how temporolimbic dysfunction in epilepsy may disrupt normal neuroendocrine regulation and promote th...

Background: Female sexual dysfunction(FSD) is defined as sexual desire disorders,sexual Arousal disorders,orgasmic disorders and sexual pain disorders that result from anatomical,physiological ,medical and psychological multiple factors and cause personal severe discomfortibility and affect quality of life and relationship between individuals. The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence ...