Female sexual dysfunction

The overall prevalence of sexual dysfunction is actually higher among women than among men. For women, as for men, sexual dysfunction can be a source of considerable psychological distress. Yet very few women with sexual dysfunction seek treatment. Physicians should therefore be alert to this problem, especially in postmenopausal patients. New therapies are likely to become available for treating female sexual dysfunction in the near future, and physicians will need a good working knowledge of normal female sexual response and female sexual dysfunction in order to provide the best possible treatment for patients who have this common problem.