Physical Disability and Sexual Dysfunction among Stroke Survivors
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Posted on 22-03-2023 05:51 PM
Stroke is a medical emergency characterized by the who as “rapidly developed clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function, lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death, with no clear cause other than of vascular origin”. Stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death and one of the major causes of long-term disability. Sexual dysfunction is a disability arising post-stroke which is not often addressed and greatly influences the quality of living among stroke survivors as well as their partners in a negative way.
Stroke often leads to decrease in physical ability that might affect sexual health in a negative way.
Causes and Related Conditions
Various risk factors can affect
penis
health — some modifiable and some not. For example:
heart disease, diabetes and related conditions. Heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity can increase the risk of erectile dysfunction. Certain medications. Erectile dysfunction is a possible side effect of a number of common medications, including blood pressure drugs, antidepressants, prescription sleep medicine, ulcer drugs and drugs for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer treatment. Surgical removal of the prostate gland (radical prostatectomy) and surrounding tissue as treatment for prostate cancer might cause urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. Smoking.
Along with other health risks, smoking increases your chances of having erectile dysfunction.
Ed is usually easy to diagnose. If you are tempted to self-diagnose, talk to your doctor. They will want to make sure it isn’t related to another health condition. Your doctor will do a physical exam and ask you questions about your symptoms. They may do a blood or urine test. Your doctor may consider other tests to rule out other conditions.
History and Physical Examination
Fact: to produce an erection, a man needs a healthy brain and penis, healthy blood vessels and nerves, and adequate amounts of the male hormone testosterone. If any aspect of this system is affected, erectile dysfunction can result.
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Share tweet if the threat of death or severe disability isn’t enough to convince someone to get a covid-19 vaccination, men can add this possible consequence of coronavirus infection — erectile dysfunction. A new university of florida health study found that men with covid-19 are more than three times more likely to be diagnosed with erectile dysfunction, or ed, than those who are not sickened by the coronavirus. The paper adds to emerging evidence that covid-19 might impact sexual function, researchers said. The study, published online nov. 30 in the journal of endocrinological investigation, is led by joseph katz, d. M.
The good news is that healthy lifestyle choices can have an impact. Eating a nutritious diet, exercising regularly, avoiding smoking, and controlling high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke — and might improve sexual function in the process. “so many things are rooted in the cardiovascular system,” blaha says. “controlling some of these risk factors really can make a difference. ”.