Loss of libido

Introduction Sexual hypoactivity is characterized by a decrease in sexual life and initial sexual behavior. Females with declining libido are more likely than men to report 16% to 20% of men and 20% to 37% of women. .

Cause

Causes of loss of libido

1 Age: After puberty, males reach their peak in sexual desire. At 30 to 40 years old, their sexual desires decline. At the age of 50, their sexual desires are obviously weakened, but their sexual function can be maintained until 70-80 years old. It is just that sexual desire has subsided and has not disappeared. Female sexual desire, 30 to 40 years old reached a climax, gradually decreased after menopause, and significantly decreased after the age of 60.

2 Circadian clock influence: The reason why a person gets a sense of drowsiness at night is to wake up in the morning, which is entirely caused by the body clock. When a person is at the climax of the circadian clock, sexual desire is more vigorous; if the circadian clock is low, sexual desire will decrease.

3 Health status: With a healthy body and abundant energy, there will be strong sexual desire; poor health is a difficult desire to arouse sexual desire, and many diseases can affect sexual desire.

4 Living conditions: Difficulties in living conditions will affect the generation and satisfaction of sexual desire, and sexual disharmony such as impotence, early remission and apathy will occur.

5 tobacco and alcohol hobbies: long-term hobby of tobacco and alcohol, not only affect sexual function, so that libido declines, and harmful substances in tobacco and alcohol will affect the next generation of eugenics through three ways: First, harmful substances directly affect sperm and egg cells The quality and quantity; second, harmful substances dissolved in semen, and damage to fertilized eggs and early embryos; Third, harmful substances directly affect the secretion of androgen, causing loss of libido, and thus affect the quality of fertilized eggs.

6 Seasonal factors: Generally speaking, spring is the season of courtship; the warm bedding in winter makes couples easy to stay close to each other, which is easy to cause sexual desire; the autumn temperature is moderate, and the desire for courtship is strong; only the midsummer, the heat is hard to stop, sweating, Sexual desire is often weakened.

7 sensory stimulation: visual, olfactory, auditory, skin touch and other sensory organs continue to stimulate, have the effect of improving sexual desire.

8 Emotions: When people's emotions are not good, sexual desire is easy to temporarily decline, especially in extreme conditions such as extreme sadness, horror, depression and despair. Sexual desire will be significantly affected or even completely lost. As the bad mood subsides, sexual desire will also recover, but in general, the recovery time is slower than the emotional adjustment.

9 Nutrition: Nutrition is the material basis of sex. Most middle-aged people have this experience: during the severe natural disasters of the 1960s, people were generally malnourished, causing many men's sexual decline, and women's amenorrhea. The results show that the lack of important trace elements such as protein and zinc can cause sexual dysfunction, especially for men. in contrast. Adequate and complete nutrition, especially eating foods containing high-quality protein, multi-vitamins and zinc, can maintain the normal level of sexual function.

10 drugs: long-term or large-scale use of certain drugs, can cause sexual dysfunction, and can even cause men's impotence and women's cold. There are many types of drugs that affect sexual function, among which are important and common: reserpine, Luoyingmu, propranolol, chlorpromazine, prozamide and some anticancer drugs. If you receive radiation therapy for a long time, it can also lead to decreased libido.

(11) irritability, incentives, and sexual life history: In addition to the underlying causes (sex hormones), external stimuli are also important. Life is monotonous or rarely associated with others, lacking sexual stimulation and predisposing factors, sexual desire is inhibited, at a lower level. Long-term asexual life or sexual life rarely gains pleasure and the sexual desire of the satisfied person can be reduced. At the same time, excessive sexual life can lead to decreased sexual desire.

(12) Feelings: The relationship between husband and wife and sexual desire is very close and quite subtle. This is not surprising, because human beings are different from other animals, and the production of sexual desire is not purely biological instinct, but mostly caused by love. Therefore, there are obstacles in the relationship between husband and wife, especially if the degree of rupture has been reached, and the other side is bored, and sexual desire is mostly reduced. Not only that, some couples seem to have no quarrel on the surface, but they dont trust each other, they are suspicion, and they are worried about each other. This kind of appearance is a weak relationship between husband and wife because of the bad mood of both parties. Therefore, the harmonious life between husband and wife comes from the emotional harmony between husband and wife.

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Examination and diagnosis of loss of libido

Loss of libido is the primary problem of this disorder. As long as it is a disability of sexual life or a decrease in the level of initial sexual behavior, sexual activity is not easy to start, rather than secondary symptoms, the diagnosis can be established.

The diagnostic criteria for CCMD-2-R related to loss of libido are: 1 adult instead of old age; 2 lack of sexual interest and sexual activity requirements; 3 for at least three months; 4 not brain organic disease, physical illness, alcohol or It is not caused by drugs, nor is it part of the symptoms of other mental disorders such as neurosis, depression, and schizophrenia.

Differential diagnosis

Loss of libido and confusion

It is often difficult to identify the organic and psychosocial causes of loss of libido. Only a large number of clinical diagnostic methods can be applied, and accurate experimental measurements cannot be performed. In general, the reduction of situational libido is psychosocial, and most biological factors that cause loss of libido are often characterized by intractability and persistence. Loss of libido is the primary problem of this disorder. As long as it is a disability of sexual life or a decrease in the level of initial sexual behavior, sexual activity is not easy to start, rather than secondary symptoms, the diagnosis can be established.

The diagnostic criteria for CCMD-2-R related to loss of libido are: 1 adult instead of old age; 2 lack of sexual interest and sexual activity requirements; 3 for at least three months; 4 not brain organic disease, physical illness, alcohol or It is not caused by drugs, nor is it part of the symptoms of other mental disorders such as neurosis, depression, and schizophrenia.

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