An evaluation of the factors that affect the sexual satisfaction of people with spinal cord injuries

Relationship between hyperuricemia with deposition and sexual dysfunction in males and females

“…Increased rates of infection occurring in gout patients as consequences of treatment and/or inadequate hygiene [ 115 , 116 ] can also worsen sexual health, leading to erectile and ejaculatory disorders in men [ 117 , 118 ] and sexual dysfunction in women such as low vaginal lubrication, dyspareunia, and, possibly, reactive hypoactive sexual desire disorder [ 119 , 120 ]. Spinal gouty arthritis, a rare, often misdiagnosed form of the disease affecting the spine [ 121 ], leads to nerve compression in more than half of patients [ 122 ]: nerve impingement from gout generally manifests as weakness or numbness, but reports from other forms of spinal injury suggest that both male [ 123 – 125 ] and female sexual function [ 25 , 123 , 126 ] can be affected. Overall, there is solid evidence highlighting the possible organic factors leading to worse sexual health in gout patients; however, as occurring in many chronic diseases [ 127 ], disability and chronic conditions are also an important source of psychological distress [ 128 ], with severe effects on health-related quality of life [ 129 ], including, unsurprisingly, sexual function (Fig.…”

Sexual Health Problems among Service Men: The Influence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

“…In the final adjusted model, some military characteristics (i.e., Army/Marine Corps service members, enlisted pay grade, and active duty service component) were significantly associated with sexual health difficulties. Certain risk factors for sexual health difficulties (Institute of Medicine, 2011;Nnamani et al, 2019;Ponsford, 2003;Taylan et al, 2019), such as traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and exposure to environmental toxins may be more common among these subgroups of military personnel (Blair et al, 2012;Chin & Zeber, 2019;Schoenfeld et al, 2013;B. Smith et al, 2012).…”