The nerve damage of diabetes may cause sexual or urologic problems. - Sexual problems for men with diabetes include
– erectile dysfunction
– retrograde ejaculation
- Sexual problems for women with diabetes include
– decreased vaginal lubrication
– decreased sexual response
- Urologic problems for men and women with diabetes include
– neurogenic bladder
– urinary tract infections
- Controlling diabetes through diet and exercise can help prevent sexual and urologic problems.
- Treatment is available for sexual and urologic problems.
source: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/sup/index.htm
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Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes
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You can lower your risk of sexual and urologic problems by keeping your blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol close to the target numbers your doctor recommends. Being physically active and maintaining a healthy weight can also help prevent the long-term complications of diabetes. Smoking is a particular problem, and quitting will improve your health in many ways. For example, if you quit smoking, you can lower your risk not only for nerve damage but also for heart attack, stroke, and kidney disease.
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Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes
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Risk factors are conditions that increase your chances of getting a particular disease. The more risk factors you have, the greater your chances of developing that disease or condition. Diabetic neuropathy, including related sexual and urologic problems, appears to be more common in people who:
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Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes
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Bladder dysfunction can have a profound effect on quality of life. Diabetes can damage the nerves that control bladder function. Men and women with diabetes commonly have bladder symptoms that may include a feeling of urinary urgency, frequency, getting up at night to urinate often, or leakage of urine (incontinence). These symptoms have been called overactive bladder. Less common but more severe bladder symptoms include difficulty urinating and complete failure to empty (retention). These symptoms are called a neurogenic bladder. Some evidence indicates that this problem occurs in both men and women with diabetes at earlier ages than in those without diabetes. |
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Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes
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Decreased Vaginal Lubrication Nerve damage to cells that line the vagina can result in dryness, which in turn may lead to discomfort during sexual intercourse. Discomfort is likely to decrease sexual response or desire. |
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Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes
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Erectile Dysfunction Estimates of the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in men with diabetes range from 20 to 85 percent. Erectile dysfunction is a consistent inability to have an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse. The condition includes the total inability to have an erection, the inability to sustain an erection, or the occasional inability to have or sustain an erection. A recent study of a clinic population revealed that 5 percent of the men with erectile dysfunction also had undiagnosed diabetes.* |
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