Underestimated burden: Epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s impair sexuality

Stuart SchlossmanMultiple Sclerosis (MS) Symptoms

                                                                  










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Date:
May 29, 2016
Source:
European Academy of Neurology
Summary:
Neurological disorders can impair sexuality on a much more massive scale than frequently assumed, leaving loss of desire, erection problems and infertility in their wake. Both men and women are affected. A person’s self-esteem, love life and relationship with a significant other can all suffer.

Neurological disorders can impair sexuality on a much more massive scale than frequently assumed, leaving loss of desire, erection problems and infertility in their wake. Both men and women are affected. A person’s self-esteem, love life and relationship with a significant other can all suffer. But as Prof David B. Vodušek from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, pointed out at the Second Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Copenhagen, people do not have to simply acquiesce to this situation: “There are ways of helping affected individuals, provided neurologists actively address possible problems with the patient’s intimate private life. Many patients have the impression that this aspect is given too little attention,” the Chairman of the EAN Liaison Committee noted. Neurological problems affect a person’s love life

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