In around half of all patients, they cause sexual disturbances.
Other sexual disturbances could not be related to specified treatment modalities.
An increase in prolactin levels can cause amenorrhea, galactorrhea and other sexual disturbances [ 29, 31].
Sexual disturbances were assessed clinically, in both men and women, with questions exploring sexual desire and sexual dysfunction.
The psychiatric literature contains several reports describing sexual disturbances in schizophrenia, but very few well-designed studies address this issue.
Furthermore sexual counseling could help prevent psycho-sexual repercussions, favoring the couple's adjustment to infertility diagnosis and medical treatment, and it could point out possible distress caused by sexual disturbances.
This retrospective study evaluates the types and incidences of sexual disturbances and fertility distress in patients cured from testicular cancer and examines whether there is an effect resulting from different treatment modalities.
Even if the sexual disturbances detected differed both according to the gender and to the phase of treatment, they overall showed a strong relation to infertility and its treatment.
26, 31, 32 However, the usefulness of antidepressants in treating IBS can be limited by side effects, which may include sexual disturbances, dry mouth, headache, dizziness, drowsiness, insomnia, constipation, nausea and bloating.
Since sexual disturbances arising from fertility treatment threaten the success of assisted reproductive tecniques (ART) as well as the couple's relationship, we aimed to detect such disorders in order to optimize clinical outcomes.
