title: Diabetes and female sexuality.
abstract: Although diabetes plays a significant role in causing impotence in the diabetic male, its effects on female sexuality have only recently been studied. Surprisingly, no demonstrable effect on the capacity for sexual arousal or orgasm has been found in the diabetic female. This paper compares male and female anatomy, physiology, and neurology, and speculates about reasons for this sex difference.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009948:Orgasm / Q000502:physiology; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*