Ricerc@Sapienza

Purpose: Sexual well-being and sexual functioning are understudied in patients born with ARM. The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate sexual history, main fears, and problems encountered during sexual relationships. Methods: Before participating in a sexual education intervention, 21 adolescents or young adults (12 males; mean 28.8; SD 10.6) born with ARM, answered a ten-item questionnaire specifically developed to evaluate sexual well-being. Percentages and Chi-square were calculated. Results: 52.4% were married/had a partner.

Background: With the increasing adoption of novel technologies and anatomical techniques, surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) provides significant benefits in terms of obstruction relief, early urethral catheter removal, and faster return to daily activities. However, the main pitfall of BPH surgery in sexually active men remains ejaculatory dysfunction (EjD), which permanently affects quality of life.

The thyroid hormones (THs) triiodothyronine (T3) and tetraiodothyronine,
or thyroxine (T4), not only dramatically impact on
development and differentiation, but also on the sexual and
reproductive function. There is large body of literature, in fact, on
the effects of THs on the reproductive function in both humans
(Poppe and Velkeniers, 2004; Wajner et al., 2009) and animals
(Hapon et al., 2010; Nelson et al., 2011).
For a long time the gonads were thought to be unresponsive to

Sexual health is strictly related with general health in both genders. In presence of a sexual dysfunction, the expert in sexual medicine aims to discover the specific weight of the physical and psychological factors can cause or con-cause the sexual problem. At the same time, a sexual dysfunction can represent a marker of the future development of a Non-communicable diseases (NCDss) as cardiovascular or metabolic diseases.