People with diabetes are known to affect sexual function, both in men and women. This is often accompanied by erectile dysfunction in men and sexual dysfunction such as frigidity and vaginal dryness in women.
For men with diabetes, their risk of developing erectile dysfunction is 1.9 times to 4 times higher than normal, and they develop erectile dysfunction about 10 years earlier than non-diabetics. The reason for this may be that diabetes is associated with neurological and vascular disease, which leads to abnormalities in the local vascular endothelium and nerve function in the testes, or it may be related to the excessive conversion of androgens to estrogen in diabetics.
For women with diabetes, the cause of sexual dysfunction may be related to the use of antihypertensive and lipid-lowering medications, so women with diabetes complicated by hypertension and hyperlipidemia are more likely to have sexual dysfunction.
In conclusion, patients with diabetes, whether male or female, may have an impact on sexual function and need to be treated with appropriate medications along with psychological intervention.