Acknowledgements: The program (click the picture above) and this coverage would not have been possible without the outstanding contribution of the Boston University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education; we owe lots of thanks for them.
The research work done by Drs Irwin Goldstein and Jennifer Berman are integral to this course and to the entire field of female sexual dysfunction.
Boston-Burlington Marriott, Burlington, MA
Epidemiology of Impact of Menopause on Sexual Dysfunction
The incidence of female sexual dysfunction increases with age and after menopause.
About a third of women complain of lack of sexual desire, a quarter have problems with orgasm and one in 6 say sex is actually painful.
Some 62 - 85 percent of elderly women over 60 complain of sexual dysfunction, such as no desire, pain or no orgasm. This means that 30 million or more American women suffer female sexual dysfunction.
The sexual health of women may be affected by age, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, cardiac disease, reactions to medications, post-surgical problems or other conditions. The same is true of men, although women's problems tend to get less attention.