Chronic renal failure (chronic renal failure) is a serious health hazard diseases, it is almost every physical damage to a system. Past 10-odd years, since the development of dialysis and transplantation, as well as medical equipment, medical personnel, financial sources of the increase in the survival rate of patients with uremia has been significantly enhanced, but the serious harm of uremia still should not be underestimated.
First, uremia, dialysis, transplants and sexual function
Patients with chronic renal failure and dysfunction more common. Generally speaking, the magnitude of uremia and loss of libido and sexual dysfunction extent is the same. With the illness earlier, and 90 percent of male patients and 80% of female patients in loss of libido; 80% of the male patients could not erect penis erection or to maintain an erection can not state. Uremic patients on female sexual function of the relative lack of reliable information also, but about three-quarters of the female patients difficult to arouse sexual excitement, about half of the female patients upsurge in the frequency of sexual desire or intensity decreased or completely lack.
Uremic patients on hemodialysis treatment, their sexual function normally no significant improvement Levy in the 536 cases of chronic renal failure patients digging investigation found that hemodialysis patients, 35% of men and 25% of the female sexual function further diminish, and only 9 percent of men and 6 percent of women in sexual function after hemodialysis has improved. In hemodialysis treatment, the patient’s sexuality may have improved, but other aspects of sexual dysfunction has given the patient a greater distressed. Steele, and other reports, 17 cases of hemodialysis patients, seven cases simply can not achieve sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse is rarely six cases (less than one per month), only two cases of sexual intercourse once a week. In fact, these patients still want their subjective sex life can be carried out normally. Uremia, or a small part of the male patients in dialysis can not ejaculate or ejaculation problems in those taking this issue guanidine or a B-methyl-dopa control of hypertension patients more common. Uremia or female hemodialysis patients, about one-fifth of the existence sexual intercourse difficult.
Successful renal transplantation can not completely solve the patients with chronic renal failure sexual dysfunction problems. Levy reports, the success of kidney transplantation women, their sexual function can be restored to the level before the illness, and a considerable number of male patients is not. Other researchers report, the success of kidney transplantation patients, their sexuality can be restored, but their sexual dysfunction has not fully recovered. Salvatierra and other reports, many male patients in sexual function after renal transplantation restored to the level of before, but Procci, such as Hoffman and Chatterjee found that renal transplant patients after the success of the men and women, the frequency of sexual intercourse was significantly lower than the level before the illness.
Second, etiology
(1) severe renal failure hormone levels in female patients often amenorrhea (or months after less) and infertility. These female sex hormone levels of patients still lack a detailed study. However, the clinical manifestations and common breast atrophy, reduced vaginal lubrication, atrophic vaginitis, and so on, may be the lack of signs of estrogen. Hemodialysis, the girls do not have occurred in patients menorrhagia. Female long-term dialysis patients, full-term pregnancy is extremely rare, but after the success of kidney transplantation dramatically improve fertility, and may have a relatively smooth pregnancy.
Men uremic patients can typically arise testicular atrophy and sperm production obstacles, and in hemodialysis after no improvement in their levels of testosterone is usually lower, even if also a good uremic control remains the same. Many reports that the cycle of these patients gonadotropin (LH and FSH) levels increased, however, some patients LH and FSH levels are normal, and this shows that chronic renal patients may have co hypothalamus dysfunction. On the Leydig cell function is normal, there are different views, some people think that one of their testicular function normally, while some researchers think that such functional decline. Successful kidney transplant within a few months after return to normal levels of testosterone, and the desire to improve patient is the same. Uremia, or hemodialysis patients after oral testosterone-enhanced Although sexuality, but it does not restore ejaculation or erectile function.
Patients with chronic renal failure in the breast of a female who was less see, but in hemodialysis patients with the more common cut. This phenomenon Lactagogue whether the increased levels of hormones is not clear whether the same can be “after the resumption of nutrition-man female breast” comparable to, and no conclusions. The so-called “nutrition men after the resumption of female breast development,” can be found in long-term hunger again after the nutritional intake of a large number of patients.
(B) factors of uremic patients and hemodialysis patients often nervous system dysfunction. Involvement of the pelvic autonomic nervous system uremic neurological disorders, undoubtedly will cause male or female sexual dysfunction, although the mechanism may be only a small minority of patients pathogenic factors. Another found that male patients with blood-line vibration sensitivity increased, it may be all of these patients reduce the excitability of the reasons for the uremic encephalopathy of sexual inhibition, may also be one of the causes.
(C) associated with diseases and drug effects leading to chronic renal failure in certain diseases, the impact on sexual function in the kidney does not rely on the extent of the damage. These diseases include diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, nodular more arteritis, scleroderma, amyloidosis, sarcoma, heavy metal poisoning and tuberculosis. In addition, some of the complications of chronic renal failure, such as anemia, abnormal calcium metabolism disorders and other electrolytes, can cause weakness, loss of libido and neuromuscular dysfunction. Uremia often immunocompromised patients, the risk of infection. Female patients often a vaginal infection, resulting in poor or vaginal intercourse Run difficulties.
Many uremic patients with hypertension, it takes control of blood pressure drugs. Some antihypertensive agents on the function of the damage has been described in detail in the section, will not repeat them here.
(D) psychological factors uremia is a serious life-threatening diseases, patients and their families had great mental pressure. Because dialysis patients physical activity is restricted, dependent on dialysis for life, the loss of control over their own lives, and often have depression, depression and other performance. The patient’s family refused to add to the negative economic, wife increasing burden of household chores, and can not be normal life, and some patients may be a harmonious relationship between the husband and wife, thus more emotionally depressed patients. Steele, who report depression hemodialysis patients and the extent of sexual dysfunction in the relationship between the severity of the very close. Because depression can lead to loss of libido and sexual dysfunction, it is likely a common human blood is the main pathogenic factors.
Third, treatment
At present, the majority of organic chronic renal failure complications certainly no effect. Hormone therapy is generally believed that future generations do not have to improve sexual function role. However, a recent report suggested that long-term use of male patients with uremia acid citrate rubber at the end of phenol-amine (clomiphene citrate), 100 mg per day, could resume normal levels of testosterone, and to enhance sexual desire, the capacity to resume normal sexual intercourse. It was also found that zinc deficiency in hemodialysis patients, such as dialysis solution include adequate zinc, the levels of testosterone and sexual function may correct lower, suggesting that Ji may be added as a treatment measures. However, these two methods need further studies to confirm that and I can recommend clinical application. Female patients should be promptly found vaginal infections, timely treatment.
Uremic patients deal with the problem of the most effective ways, the key is to provide advisory services. For consultation work, doctors need to know some of these patients typical psychological defense mechanisms such as denial, speculation, transfer topic or a reflection, and to keep the attention of Mrs. found patients lazy or depressed issues such as suicide attempts, enlighten patients ideas, enhance its Life confidence, while paying attention to help patients deal with family relationships. Training group will be able to necessary medical knowledge and certain social psychology knowledge mastery of expertise, is doing a good job of the work of an important guarantee for advice. If necessary, the patient is individual psychotherapy, group therapy is often used in general, such as in the latter case, consideration should be given to patients and their spouses for as a group.
In some cases, patients can be identified sexual dysfunction is purely spiritual nature. For example, after the success of kidney transplantation, the effect of treatment may be better. On the sex life of the people too eager, in a separate application during the dialysis treatment is often difficult to work, because of their mental burden too heavy, then, should be effective treatment and psychological treatment combination.