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By Betsy Lievense, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Recent studies suggest men could be the cause of sexual dysfunction in otherwise healthy women.
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"Men who have erectile dysfunction certainly affect a woman's interest," said Irwin Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., a former professor of urology and gynecology at Boston University. At an annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health in Orlando, Fla., Dr. Goldstein used recent studies to lend credence to his theory that one partner's sexual functioning can affect the other's in both positive and negative ways.
In one study, researchers found a strong negative correlation between erectile dysfunction and the female sexual experience. As erectile dysfunction increased in one partner, sexual satisfaction decreased in the other.
Another study revealed using a vacuum device to treat erectile dysfunction for six months could help some men regain their sexual prowess. Of the 29 men who used vacuum devices to fight erectile dysfunction, all 29 reported increases in lovemaking attempts, orgasms, sexual satisfaction, and self-esteem.
Female partners of men who regained sexual functioning through vacuum devices, self-injection, medication or penile prosthesis also reported improved sex lives.
"What happens to a man clearly influences a woman," said Dr. Goldstein. "It goes both ways, though."
When researchers studied the impact of stress incontinence on sexual functioning in men and women, they found women with urinary incontinence were 4.7-times less satisfied with their sexual life than women who had control over their bladders.
Dr. Goldstein said all the evidence points to need for couples to share problems and solutions to have healthy sex lives.
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SOURCE: Betsy Lievense at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 22-26, 2007
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