The absence of sexual desire is more common in women than in men, primarily because of the hormonal changes that occur depending on the phase of the menstrual cycle in which you are, or after menopause. However, in many cases the loss of libido is a psychological or communication between the couple origin without necessarily having an association to specific pathological situations. Stress is another factor that may adversely affect the sexual appetite, as well as some medications prescribed for the treatment of a particular ailment.
That is why the treatment of sexual dysfunction involves not only the need for a correct diagnosis, but also to identify its origin. Thus, if it is a drug, its replacement by another meeting the therapeutic objectives can solve the problem. If the loss of libido is associated with some kind of disease, the treatment of it you may be able to reverse the sexual inhibition.
However, most often they attend various factors inhibiting sexual desire, so it is always important to the intervention of a psychologist and / or a sexologist to identify possible problems of coexistence and communication between partners, inadequate sex education in one of them, the possibility that, for example women, has suffered sexual trauma in childhood or even, why not say that there is an incompatibility between sexual partners.
In all these cases the couples therapy is an essential part of the treatment of inhibited sexual desire and aim must also be to improve communication and resolve points of conflict that arise in daily life and sex, take them to explore the different phases of sexual activity: desire, arousal, orgasm and resolution. In this way you can get to open a way to rearrange the living and find ways to stimulate the desire of the couple.
Testosterone and sexual desire
Although testosterone is a hormone traditionally associated with men, the truth is that is also present in the body of the woman and, in both cases is related to the maintenance of desire and sexual response. This is something that can be seen in women who reach the menopause and generally suffer a drop in libido also associated with other symptoms, such as vaginal dryness, make sex painful and result aggravate the loss of desire.
It has now raised the possibility of treating loss of sexual desire through testosterone patches. However, this possibility has been widely put into question by gynecologists, essentially for two reasons. The first is that the improvement in the clinical trials were performed She happens to have three sex at five- month does not justify the use of this treatment.
And even less if we take into account the possible side effects, which include elevated cholesterol and masculinization of appearance:
- Muscle development.
- Acne.
- Facial hair.
- Voice changes.
- Sometimes even clitoral growth.