Wessells H
Section of Urology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724-5077, USA.
Postgrad Med. 2000 May;107(6 Suppl Educational):35-9. doi: 10.3810/pgm.5.15.2000.suppl5.31.
The overall prevalence of sexual dysfunction is actually higher among women than among men. For women, as for men, sexual dysfunction can be a source of considerable psychological distress. Yet very few women with sexual dysfunction seek treatment. Physicians should therefore be alert to this problem, especially in postmenopausal patients. New therapies are likely to become available for treating female sexual dysfunction in the near future, and physicians will need a good working knowledge of normal female sexual response and female sexual dysfunction in order to provide the best possible treatment for patients who have this common problem.
性功能障碍在女性中的总体患病率实际上高于男性。对女性而言，如同对男性一样，性功能障碍可能是相当大的心理困扰之源。然而，很少有性功能障碍的女性寻求治疗。因此，医生应警惕这一问题，尤其是在绝经后患者中。在不久的将来，可能会有新的疗法用于治疗女性性功能障碍，为了给有这一常见问题的患者提供尽可能好的治疗，医生将需要充分了解正常的女性性反应和女性性功能障碍。
