Health Conditions That Can Harm Your Sex Life

Sources Medically Reviewed on 11/02/2019 Reviewed by Minesh Khatri, MD on November 02, 2019
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SOURCES:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: “Diabetes & Sexual & Urologic Problems.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Sexual Dysfunction and Disease.”
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: “Having sex after a heart attack - what you need to know.”
American Cancer Society: “How Cancer Affects Sexuality.”
Mayo Clinic: “Chronic Pain Can Interfere with Sexuality.”
American College of Rheumatology: “Sex and Arthritis.”
International Society for Sexual Medicine: “What is low testosterone? What are the symptoms and how is it diagnosed?”
Hormone Health Network: “Low Testosterone.”
The North American Menopause Society: “Effective Treatments for Sexual Problems.”
The Well Project: “Hormones and HIV.”
AIDS: “Risk factors for sexual and erectile dysfunction in HIV-infected men: the role of protease inhibitors.”
National Multiple Sclerosis Society: “Sexual Problems.”
The Michael J. Fox Foundation: “Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms,” “Sexual and Reproductive Health with Parkinson’s.”
Gastroenterology and Hepatology: “Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Sexual Dysfunction.”
U.S. National Library of Medicine: “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.”
International Society for Sexual Medicine: “PTSD and Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women.”
Anxiety and Depression Association of America: “Treatment for PTSD.”
Reviewed by Minesh Khatri, MD on November 02, 2019
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