Sex Life of Women with Diabetes

What kind of impact does diabetes have on you sex life and how do you avoid the dysfunction it causes? Read it in the article.

Consequences of diabetes

A high level of blood sugar, also called hyperglycemia, for various reasons has an impact on the quality of sexual experience of women over a longer period of time.

Endocrinologist from Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Dr. Mario Skugor, believes that sex is the last thing women with chronic disease, including diabetes, think about.

Damage to blood vessels is another reason for the negative impact of diabetes on sex life because it causes poorer blood circulation of the vagina and clitoris. William Petit, the medical director of the Joslin Diabetes Centre Affiliate at The Hospital of Central Connecticut, believes that it reduces the possibility of arousal and moistness of the vagina,  which causes painful sexual intercourse.

A high level of blood sugar also has an acute impact on functioning of the nervous system. The state is called diabetic neuropathy and it causes damage to the nerves and sexual dysfunction.

According to reports of the national health institutes, 35% of women with diabetes are faced with problems in sex life, for instance: low libido and problems with arousal and achieving orgasm.

What can you do?

The first step in solving problems in sex life caused by diabetes is effective control of blood sugar levels. It is also recommended that you have a frank discussion with your partner about sex. Dr. William Petit claims that the answer to the difficult arousal, or lack of arousal in general, lies in long foreplay. It is therefore vitally important that your partner listens to the problems with which you are faced, and he takes them into consideration and makes sure that foreplay is long so there is good blood circulation of the sexual organs.