Disabled Women Diabetes Difficult Orgasm

Middle-aged women or older with diabetes was more likely to experience problems with their sex lives, although it still has the desire to have sex. This was stated by experts from the University of California, San Francisco, United States, the latest findings.

Researchers say low sexual satisfaction among women with diabetes who take insulin triggered because they have difficulty relating to lubrication and orgasm.


In his study, the researchers conducted a survey of 2270 American women aged 40-80 years. Participants were questioned about the level of desire, sexual frequency, satisfaction and specific sexual problems. Among participants, 21 percent had diabetes and 6 percent use insulin.

Related responses, the researchers found no significant differences in the desire or frequency of sexual activity among female non-diabetic and diabetic.

But the researchers observed that women who do not use insulin diabetes 40 percent more likely to experience problems overall sexual satisfaction, compared with women without diabetes. In fact, in women with diabetes who use insulin, two times more likely to have decreased overall sexual satisfaction.

The findings are published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In addition to low levels of sexual satisfaction, women with diabetes insulin users were also twice as likely to report problems related to lubrication, and 80 percent more likely to trouble achieving orgasm than non-diabetic women.

Diabetes is estimated to affect more than 10 percent of American women, a condition that can cause blood vessel changes in the urogenital tissues, which can interfere with lubrication, and changes in response to genital stimulation. The researchers also believe that sexual function may be influenced by the consumption of drugs diabetes.

"Based on this study, clinicians may consider to examine whether women with diabetes experience sexual problems, especially among those taking insulin," said Kelli Copeland, the principal investigator of the study.

Complications include heart disease, stroke, kidney dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathy associated with at least one sexual problem for all women with diabetes. Copeland recommends, women with diabetes should be counseled to avoid complications that might occur, as well as to help preserve their sexual function.