Biomaterial Database

Sexual dysfunction in inflammatory bowel disease. 2015

Leyla J Ghazi, and Seema A Patil, and Raymond K Cross

*Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and †Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs, Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD.

Sexual health is a broad term that encompasses a variety of functions including sexual thoughts, desire, arousal, intercourse, orgasm, and the impact of body image. Sexual dysfunction in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease is multifactorial including the impact of psychosocial factors, disease activity, medical therapies, surgical interventions, body image perceptions and changes, hypogonadism, and pelvic floor disorders. Providers caring for patients with inflammatory bowel disease should be cognizant of these concerns and develop management plans and techniques for earlier diagnosis and treatment.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012737	Sex Factors	Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.	Factor, Sex,Factors, Sex,Sex Factor
D015212	Inflammatory Bowel Diseases	Chronic, non-specific inflammation of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Etiology may be genetic or environmental. This term includes CROHN DISEASE and ULCERATIVE COLITIS.	Bowel Diseases, Inflammatory,Inflammatory Bowel Disease
D020018	Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological	Disturbances in sexual desire and the psychophysiologic changes that characterize the sexual response cycle and cause marked distress and interpersonal difficulty. (APA, DSM-IV, 1994)	Frigidity,Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder,Orgasmic Disorder,Psychosexual Disorders,Psychosexual Dysfunctions,Sexual Arousal Disorder,Sexual Aversion Disorder,Arousal Disorders, Sexual,Aversion Disorders, Sexual,Disorder, Psychosexual,Disorders, Orgasmic,Disorders, Psychosexual,Disorders, Sexual Arousal,Disorders, Sexual Aversion,Dysfunction, Psychological Sexual,Dysfunction, Psychosexual,Dysfunctions, Psychological Sexual,Dysfunctions, Psychosexual,Orgasmic Disorders,Psychological Sexual Dysfunction,Psychological Sexual Dysfunctions,Psychosexual Disorder,Psychosexual Dysfunction,Sexual Arousal Disorders,Sexual Aversion Disorders,Sexual Dysfunction, Psychological