Women Deserve to Have Low Libido Treated!
Dr. Michael Krychman
Michael L. Krychman, MDCM, is the Executive Director of the Southern California
Center for Sexual Health and Survivorship Medicine located in Newport Beach California.
FEMALE SEXUAL EMPOWERMENT
I have focused my practice on female sexual issues, treatments, options and empowerment.
Regardless of one’s background, I imagine most would agree that therehas been a noticeable
societal shift towards greater acceptance, awareness and expression of female sexual empowerment.
Everywhere you turn, women are owning their sexuality and speaking out - sometimes in a
way that may be considered risqué, but at least they are talking!
Do not get me wrong, many women I see in my practice would rather keep their sex lives
behind closed doors for a variety of reasons. And some women do not have much in the way
of sexual interest based on religious or cultural beliefs or, in some cases, due to psychological
issues, problems in their relationship or their own personal make-up and/or life circumstance.
But what about those women who feel left out of the sexual realm, not because of their
own set of personal beliefs or treatable psychological issues, but rather an actual biologically
driven lack of sexual desire that is out of their control?
The rate of low sexual desire or “low libido” is high, reaching 43 percent.
While an estimated 10 percent of women experience low sexual desire with the hallmark
characteristic of distress, a medical condition termed “hypoactive sexual desire disorder”
or HSDD. It is personal distress that we are medically concerned about as well as any
disorders that cause pain. The North American Menopause Society has a list of online
resources and information for women.
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