Why do we lose sexuality slowly?
This is a long story. The factors that affect sexual desire cover all aspects of life. Diseases, psychology, age, pregnancy, emotions, emotions, etc. will affect sexual desire. Let’s pick a few of the most important ones below.
Age Stage: Energy and Hormone Levels Matter
For men
With age, physical strength and energy are gradually away from the peak state, and it is normal for male libido to gradually decline. The extent of this decline varies, but most men are able to maintain at least some degree of sexual interest through their 60s and 70s.
For women
Changes in hormonal levels may alter a woman’s libido, mainly during menopause, postpartum and breastfeeding.
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During menopause, estrogen levels drop, which can lead to a lower libido and dry vagina in women, which can lead to an uncomfortable sex experience. Some women experience decreased libido during this hormonal change, but others still have a satisfying sex life after menopause.
In the postpartum period, hormonal changes can suppress libido. At this time, the first thing many new mothers face is breastfeeding. The secretion of milk requires the body to produce large doses of prolactin, which may cause some new mothers to not have menstruation during the puerperium. In the state of breastfeeding, many women’s sexual needs are not very high, and some mothers may also have some depression tendencies due to the withdrawal of hormone levels in the body.
In addition, childbirth is a job that consumes a lot of physical strength and energy. After giving birth, the mother’s body needs a certain amount of time to recover. The enlargement of the yin tract cavity caused by childbirth, the edema of the yin tract mucosal tissue, and even the reduction or disappearance of the yin tract mucosal folds will require the end of the puerperium or even longer to restore the original firmness.
Combined with the stress and exhaustion of caring for a baby, changes in body image, etc., can lead to changes in a woman’s libido.
Sexual Dysfunction: It’s a disease, it needs to be treated
For men
Male sexual dysfunctions, such as premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, and ejaculation disorders, all belong to the category of diseases that greatly affect sexual life. In this state, libido will be affected more or less.
Lifelong low libido may be related to traumatic childhood sexual experiences or chronic repressed sexual beliefs, but most people experience loss of libido after years of normal libido.
So psychological factors such as depression, anxiety and relationship issues, certain medications (such as those used to treat high blood pressure, depression or anxiety, and spreading prostate cancer) and low testosterone levels may all play a role. .
For women
Female sexual dysfunction is actually not uncommon in life, and the proportion is even more than twice that of males. However, due to various reasons, we cannot express our feelings truthfully.
It mainly refers to the occurrence of obstacles in one or more aspects of the sexual response cycle in women, or the occurrence of pain related to sexual life. Although the problems are various, they basically include the following four situations:
Sexual desire disorder: divided into low libido and sexual disgust, the former can be understood as a lack or decline in desire and interest in sex, and there is a lack of sexual desire in response to sex; the latter is more psychological phobia or anxiety. Both can cause psychological distress.
Sexual arousal disorder: Specifically, it refers to the inability to obtain sufficient sexual arousal after various efforts and attempts. Specifically, it is divided into different situations, such as the body is ready, but the mind refuses; the mind is ready, but the body is not strong; and the body and mind cannot enter the state, etc. All of these situations cause psychological distress.
Orgasmic disorder: The front is going well, but no matter how hard you try, it is difficult to orgasm, the intensity of orgasm is reduced, or the orgasm is delayed. At the same time, it also caused psychological pain.
Sexual intercourse pain disorder: This is well understood, and refers to occasional, continuous, and repeated pain during sexual life that affects the normal progress of sexual life (here talking about sexual life after subjective sexual arousal, non-compulsive behavior) .
No matter which of these four situations hits, it will affect the sexuality of our sexual intercourse. When sexual dysfunction occurs, it is recommended not to worry about why your libido has decreased. It is the most important thing to go to the hospital in time.
Because there are many reasons related to sexual dysfunction, such as psychology, education, age, medical treatment (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, drugs), hormone levels, gynecological and urological diseases, etc., it is necessary for doctors to help patients find the root cause and further treatment.