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Thyroid Autoimmune Disease—Impact on Sexual Function in Young Women by Bortun, Ana-Maria Cristina (author);Ivan, Viviana (author);Navolan, Dan-Bogdan (author);Dehelean, Liana (author);Borlea, Andreea (author);Stoian, Dana (author) is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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The important prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) in the general population was the main motivation for conducting the present study. The present paper aims to estimate the possible comorbidities related to female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and depression related to AITD. The study group consisted of 320 patients: 250 cases known with untreated AITD, divided into subgroups (euthyroid subgroup, subclinical hypothyroidism subgroup and clinical hypothyroidism subgroup); respectively 70 healthy females in the control group. Patients underwent thyroid evaluation, ovarian evaluation and laboratory assays. At the time of the diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease, psychometric scales were filled in by the patients: the Female Sexual Function Index 6 (FSFI-6) and the Beck's Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). It was observed that healthy patients had significantly higher FSFI scores than patients with AITD (28 vs. 27; p = 0.006). In the AITD group, the risk of FSD increases with the severity of thyroid disease. The most affected areas were: sexual desire (p < 0.001), lubrication (p = 0.001) and orgasm (p = 0.008), followed by excitability and sexual satisfaction. The severity of h

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Author

Bortun, Ana-Maria Cristina (author);Ivan, Viviana (author);Navolan, Dan-Bogdan (author);Dehelean, Liana (author);Borlea, Andreea (author);Stoian, Dana (author)

Publisher

MDPI AG

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)