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Female sexual dysfunction: Treatment

12/11/2007

Female sexual dysfunction: Treatment
in: Bø K. Berghmans B. Mørkved S. Van Kampen M. (Eds), Evidence-Based Physical Therapy For The Pelvic Floor - Bridging Science and Clinical Practice, Elsevier, Oxford, UK, 2007, p. 277-287
There is no effective therapy without accurate and comprehensive diagnosis. This is even more true for female sexual dysfunction (FSD), which usually has a multifactorial aetiology. Biological, psychosexual and context-related factors, further characterized as predisposing, precipitating and maintaining, may interact to give the FSD that the woman is complaining about its specific individual characteristics.

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Keywords:
Ageing Androgens Arousal Disorders Biological Factors Comorbidity Compliance Desire Disorders Estrogens Female Dyspareunia / Pain after intercourse Female Sexual Disorders Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) Inflammation Mastcells Menopause / Perimenopause Orgasmic Disorders Pelvic Floor pH Progesterone / Progestins Recurrent Cystitis Sexual Hormones Sexual Medicine Sexual Therapy Testosterone Urinary Incontinence Uro-Gynaecologic Rehabilitation Vaginismus Vulvar Vestibulitis / Provoked Vestibulodynia / Vulvodynia