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Published on: June 6, 2018
[Sexual dysfunction in diabetes mellitus]
1Diabetes Center, Tokyo Women's Medical College.
Abstract:
Erectile dysfunction or impotence is a very common complication in diabetic male patients; the prevalence of which may be more than that of retinopathy. The cause of diabetic impotence has been thought to be neuropathy or angiopathy or both of them. The diagnosis of diabetic impotence is based on the exclusion of other causes of impotence including psychological, iatrogenic, endocrinological impotence. The treatment options for diabetic impotence such as vacuum device, intracavernous self-injection or surgical procedures are available and useful at present. In this article, other sexual dysfunction; retrograde ejaculation and female sexual dysfunction in diabetes mellitus are also discussed.
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