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Disfunción sexual femenina - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Disfunción sexual en las mujeres; Frigidez

Definición:

La disfunción sexual femenina puede involucrar una disminución en el impulso sexual, repugnancia por la actividad sexual, dificultad para excitarse, incapacidad para lograr un orgasmo o dolor con la actividad o relaciones sexuales.

Consideraciones generales:

Tradicionalmente, se pensaba que la disfunción sexual en las mujeres se debía sobre todo a problemas psicológicos. Las investigaciones recientes están comenzando a descubrir muchas causas físicas para los problemas sexuales en las mujeres. Aunque muchos problemas sexuales tienen un componente psicológico subyacente, se deben descartar posibles causas físicas en la evaluación inicial.

Causas comunes:

Ansiedad o depresión
Cambios relacionados con la menopausia
Problemas de comunicación en la pareja
Daño a los nervios debido a una cirugía o trauma
Miedo al dolor, a una infección o a quedar embarazada
Sentimientos de culpabilidad y de vergüenza hacia el sexo
Antecedentes de abuso sexual
Infección o enfermedad ginecológica
Falta de estimulación apropiada
Falta de lubricación
Medicamentos
Estrés o fatiga

Causas de la disfunción sexual

Reviewed last on: 9/11/2010
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Bhasin S, Basson R. Sexual dysfunction in men and women. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 19.

Shafer LC. Sexual disorders and sexual dysfunction. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 36.

Clayton AH, Hamilton DV. Female sexual dysfunction. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2010 Jun;33(2):323-38.

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