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Diseases » Sexual neuropathy » Glossary
 

Glossary for Sexual neuropathy

  • Autonomic neuropathy: A disorder of the nervous system concerned with regulation of activity of cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands, usually restricted to the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
  • Diabetes: Failing or reduced ability of the body to handle sugars.
  • Diabetic neuropathy: Nerve damage from diabetes affecting any body part; most commonly feet.
  • Ejaculation symptoms: Symptoms related to ejaculation and orgasm
  • Impotence: Inability to attain or sustain an erection.
  • Libido symptoms: Change in sexual interest or sex drive.
  • Neuropathy: Peripheral neuropathy is the term for damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which may be caused either by diseases of the nerve or from the side-effects of systemic illness.
  • Painful intercourse: Pain during sexual intercourse
  • Peripheral vascular disease: Disease of arteries supplying the legs or sometimes arms
  • Sexual symptoms: Symptoms affecting the sexual organs
  • Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: Gradual spinal cord degeneration
  • Type 1 diabetes: Severe insulin-treated diabetes typically occurring in young people.
  • Type 2 diabetes: Most common diabetes in adults, usually progressing slowly, mostly treated without insulin at diagnosis.
  • Vaginal dryness: Vaginal dryness interfering with sex.
  • Vitamin B12 Deficiency: A deficiency of Vitamin B12 primarily causes anemias the body is unable to make sufficient quantities of normal red blood cells. Severe cases can lead to permanent nervous system problems. The vitamin B12 deficiency can result from absorption problems, insufficient dietary intake, certain medications (e.g. metformin), inherited conditions (e.g. transcobalamin deficiency) and certain chronic parasitic intestinal infestations.


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