Revue de l'infirmière
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A patient aged 32 who had been living with her partner for a few years, is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. They both needed to understand and adapt. The caregivers had a frontline role in the multidisciplinary care but addressing the impact on the patient's sexual quality of life remains difficult. The patient describes her experience and how harmony and desire were re-established.
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Revue de l'infirmière · Jun 2016
[Improving the sexual quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis].
Helping people with a chronic disease with regard to their sexual wellbeing is part of the nurse's role. In order to be able to offer this support the nurse requires training and needs to work in collaboration with medical staff. The approach consists in assessing the disorders linked to the disease or its treatment which affect the patient's sexual quality of life, advising on potential solutions using medication or mechanical devices and providing the patient with personalised guidance.
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All cancers have psychological and social repercussions which can impact on the patient's sexual quality of life. While the subject is still taboo, support care, which involves different professionals working together, is increasingly offering patients the opportunity to talk and become informed about these issues.
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Chronic disease impacts on patients' quality of life and in particular their sexuality. The consequences on their sexual quality of life are both physical and psychological and also affect their relationship as a couple. The issue is still taboo with too few caregivers prepared to address it.
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From desire to orgasm, sexuality, in women and men, is underpinned by a complex organic, psychological and emotional function. Sexual dysfunction encompasses diverse aetiologies, including chronic diseases and iatrogenesis resulting from medication or surgery. The effects of a chronic disease can have an impact on all phases of the sexual response.