Breast cancer victims are more vulnerable to sexual health issues, as stated by the research institute. A survey conducted among 1,000 women who were under treatment for breast cancer, and most of them, about seventy percent were found to deal with sexual problems increased.
The study is published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. Tests conducted in Australia in 1684 women within 1 year of diagnosis of breast cancer. The questionnaire was given to them, and asked to complete each year for five years. The questionnaire was based on treatment, details of sexual partners, sexual infections, symptoms of menopause and more.
These tests are banned women with a potentially active disease and those aged over 70 years. It also includes widows and women without sexual partners. As the report to determine, eighty percent of women stated that they enjoy a healthy sex life before having breast cancer. After breast cancer increased sexual problems they face. Symptoms of menopause, such as night sweats and hot flashes occur in most of them.
The report also emphasizes the fact that the treatment of cancer and related drugs can also cause sexual health problems. For example, let's see an aromatase inhibitor, a popular treatment for breast cancer that works by inhibiting tumor cells in breast cancer patients and reduce the amount of estrogen along with.
The patient should undergo proper sexual health care, if they encounter problems like this. Doctors have found various ways to curb the problem. For example, women can use a vaginal lubricant or moisturizer during sexual intercourse and may reduce pain. Take your sexual partner with you to the doctor, and discuss sexual health issues without feeling embarrassed. Men often hold off sex for fear of painful intercourse.
Various health care providers are there to provide the best solution for breast cancer patients experience sexual health problems. This is your life, so you need to decide how to live with it.
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