SEX and U

Most sexual problems in women remain unrecognized and untreated as many doctors avoid asking about a women’s sexual concerns because they feel they may not have the time or knowledge to help. Sexual dysfunction is women is very common, reportedly affecting up to 40 percent of women worldwide 8. Female sexual dysfunction is women can take many different forms ranging from lack of sexual desire, impaired arousal to the inability to achieve orgasm during sex 9. Sexual pain is another common sexual dysfunction disorder which can caused by vulvovaginal atrophy during menopause, pelvic floor hypertonus (previously known as vaginismus) and other forms of dyspareunia. Sexual dysfunction is not necessarily acquired later in life but can occur right at the beginning of your sexually active life.

Low libido is the most common sexual problem for women. Low libido affects women of all ages and typically peaks in your middle life. Ovarian steroids modulate sexual desire in women; estradiol presumably impacts female sexual functioning by acting on the central nervous system to increase sexual desire; however, these central effects are likely influenced by the peripheral effects of estradiol acting directly on the genitals. Interestingly, supraphysiological levels of testosterone have been shown to enhance the effectiveness of low estrogen therapy at increasing sexual desire in postmenopausal women; however the exact nature of how testosterone works remains unknown.