Pain and sexual dysfunction in men

Although this is a very common topic in practice, many patients experience that the treatment of some sexual dysfunctions is very challenging. Moreover, with the increasing number of people of advanced age in the population, doctors are encountering this issue more and more frequently.

Therefore, the publication discusses all known causes of chronic genital pain that patients present to a sexologist and mentions the important role of depressive and phobic states that are often associated with chronic pain, thus discussing the psychophysiological context of the pain phenomenon. For this reason, the author draws attention to the importance of collaboration between physicians and experts across specialties.