Sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women: the role of medical management.
A general decline in postmenopausal sexual activity, compounded by various physiologic changes related to the menopause, can be the source of much anxiety for older women. Many may wish to remain sexually active, yet fail to see that their problem is, in part, a medical one which a concerned physician can treat. Strategies for physician intervention, clinical management, and general support are reviewed for one of older patients' more undertreated maladies.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012723:Sex; D012931:Social Environment; D014621:Vagina / Q000502:physiology