| Research Focused on Female Sexual Function
Friday , 22 June 2007
Female sexual dysfunction is age-related,
progressive and highly prevalent affecting 30-54 percent of
women. According to National Health and Social Life Survey
of 1,800 women, 45 percent experienced sexual dysfunction.
U.S. population survey data reveal that over 9 million American
women ages 48-75 find fault of little vaginal lubrication,
pain and discomfort while intercourse, decreased arousal,
and difficulty achieving orgasm. Female sexual
dysfunction is undoubtedly an important women's health
issue that affects the quality of life of many women.
Till now there has been little research has been focused
on female sexual function. Due to that reason, knowledge and
understanding of the composition and physiology of the female
sexual response is quite limited. Based on the understanding
of the physiology of the male erectile response, recent advances
in modern technology, and recent interest in Women's Health
issues, the study of female dysfunction is gradually evolving.
According to Researchers "it's not just men who undergo
changes in their sex-organ blood-flow patterns. Women also
tolerate nearly identical changes as well". To be sure
about this thing, blood engorgement of the vaginal tissues
may be harder to see than the changes in a penis as it becomes
erect, but more and more doctors now believe that a healthy
sexual response in women is as dependent on a well functioning
vasculature as it is in men. Vaginal lubrication, for instance,
is just one illustration of a process that's highly reliant
on ample blood flow in the urogenital arteries. Nitric oxide
will definitely enhance blood-flow patterns to the female
sex organ.
Nitric oxide(Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical gas that
is a powerful regulator of circulation (it is an endogenous
vasodilator).) and glutamate amalgamation control the sexual
function of females, including enhanced lubrication and sensitivity,
as well as sexual response. It also promotes the release of
the neurotransmitter Glutamate, which stimulates the release
of the pro-sexual hormone oxytocin.
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