Sexual Problems in Women

Follow the links below to find information on some of the sexual health problems experienced by women.

Updated January 2008

 

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Title:   Female sexual dysfunction
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of female sexual dysfunction by professional health specialists.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Testosterone therapy for women
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Women normally have circulating in their blood 3 major sex hormones: oestrogen, testosterone and progesterone. Each of these is produced by the ovaries. Oestrogen is also made throughout the body but particularly in body fat. Testosterone can also be made in other parts of the body from hormones (DHEA and DHEAS) that are produced by the adrenal glands.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Libido - relationship issues
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Libido means sex drive. Sexual desire varies enormously from one person to the next. Relationship issues can be an underlying cause of reduced libido. Counselling may help to address these issues.
Date:   Jun 2007

Title:   Menopause management
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Not all the symptoms experienced by women in midlife are the result of declining oestrogen levels. Herbal therapies may manage mood changes such as anxious thoughts and depressed feelings, as well as fatigue and low energy.
Date:   Dec 2005

Title:   Testosterone
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Testosterone and other related hormones in the body (also known as androgens) play important physiological roles in women. It is generally known that androgens are important for muscle and bone strength and for growth of normal body hair. But androgens may also have important positive effects on mood, well being, energy and 'vitality' in women.
Date:   Jul 2005

Title:   Measurement of testosterone in women
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Recent studies from the Jean Hailes research group have shown that there is no relationship between testosterone levels throughout the different decades and libido or symptoms of sexual dysfunction in women. There is no established level of free testosterone below which a woman can be said to be deficient, nor any level to which a woman should be restored that determines that she is replete.
Date:   Jun 2005

Title:   Strategies for managing sexual dysfunction induced by antidepressant medication
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Fifteen randomised studies which included a total of 904 participants who had developed sexual dysfunction whilst taking antidepressant medication were included in the review. Fourteen of these studies looked at the addition of further medication to the...
Date:   Jul 2004

Title:   Interventions for the physical aspects of sexual dysfunction in women following pelvic radiotherapy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The physical side effects of radiotherapy to the female pelvis may lead to difficulty and/or pain during intercourse. Studies of treatments (vaginal oestrogens, benzydamine douches, dilators, and intercourse) were neither recent nor good quality. This ...
Date:   Sep 2002

Title:   Low libido or a desire discrepancy?
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   This article will ask the question 'What is defined as low libido?', look at the contributing factors to low libido and examine the strategies on offer
Date:   May 2002

Title:   When menopause affects relationships
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   For some women, menopause can bring changes which affect different aspects of their life, including their sexuality. This page discusses ways to help.
Date:   Feb 1999

Title:   How smoking can affect sexual health
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Most people now know tobacco contributes to serious lung disease, heart disease and some cancers - but they may not realise it can also affect their sexual and reproductive health as well. Doctors specialising in male impotence now say that smoking is one of the reasons why many men become impotent when they are middle aged and older.
Date:   May 1997
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