Volume 2 Issues 8 August, 2021
❌ Sexual Disorders are associated only with psychiatric disorders
✅ Sexual Disorders are equally associated with medical conditions, more so with chronic medical conditions.
❌ Patients do not wish to disclose or discuss about sexual disorders with their doctors.
✅ Numerous surveys in India & abroad have revealed that patients are eager to discuss & disclose sexual disorder whenever their doctor tries to explore the matter with sensitivity.
❌ Management of Sexual Disorders needs specialist Intervention
✅ Most of the Sexual disorders can be addressed adequately by treating doctor, patients can be referred in case they are associated with co morbid conditions and (or) when simple intervention of education has failed.
One of the simple intervention strategy that can be used is where in patient is permitted to talk about his concerns without being judgmental , providing limited information about normal anatomical & physiological aspects of concerns raised and addressing the disorder with specific strategies either with non pharmacological or pharmacological methods. Being sensitive, providing privacy, maintaining confidentiality is very important in entire process apart from considering adverse drug effects & medical conditions.
By Dr. Hisham Hakeem, Intern, JSS Medical College
