Female sexual dysfunction may be ‘all in the mind’

The hotly debated problem of female sexual dysfunction may be all in the mind according to a recent study.

In the study 35% of women with female sexual dysfunction who were given a placebo pill noticed a significant improvement in their sexual encounters. This suggests that FSD may stem from psychological causes more than physical ones.

Medical experts have debated how FSD should be defined and some have even questioned whether it is truly a definable condition.

However, there is some clinical evidence to suggest that a relatively common condition exists, which primarily affects post-menopausal women, and entails a constant and unexplainable lack of sexual desire. It may also entail symptoms such as pain during sex or vaginal dryness.

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