Sexual and psychosexual medicine clinic

Key aspects of sexual health include:

1. Sexual Education

Comprehensive and accurate sexual education helps individuals make informed decisions about their sexual behaviour. This includes knowledge about anatomy, reproduction, safe sex practices, consent, and healthy relationships.

2. Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Practicing safe sex, such as using condoms and getting regular STI testing, is vital for reducing the spread of infections like HIV, chlamydia, and syphilis. Vaccinations, like the HPV vaccine, can also prevent certain infections that may lead to health complications.

3. Reproductive Health

Access to contraceptive options and family planning services allows individuals to make choices about when and if they want to have children. This aspect of sexual health also involves managing reproductive health conditions, such as endometriosis, infertility, or menstrual disorders.

4. Healthy Relationships

Sexual health is closely tied to the quality of relationships. This involves understanding consent, building trust, respecting boundaries, and addressing any power imbalances. Healthy sexual relationships are founded on mutual respect, open communication, and the well-being of all individuals involved.

5. Sexual Rights

Sexual health includes the right to autonomy, privacy, and freedom from discrimination based on gender, sexuality, or sexual orientation. Recognizing these rights is essential to fostering an environment where individuals can express their sexuality safely and openly.

6. FMental and Emotional Health

Sexual health also includes an individual’s emotional and mental well-being in relation to sexuality. Issues like body image, self-esteem, sexual anxiety, and past traumas can significantly affect sexual health and experiences.

By promoting sexual health, individuals can experience a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships. This contributes to overall well-being, enabling people to build healthy relationships, make empowered decisions, and prevent health issues. Education, access to healthcare, and supportive environments are key to enhancing sexual health for people of all ages and backgrounds.

Sexual disorders can be categorized into four main types:

• ✔ Desire disorders:
• ✔ Arousal disorders:
• ✔ Orgasm disorders:
• ✔ Pain disorders:

Some examples of sexual disorders include:

• ✔ Premature ejaculation:
• ✔ Erectile dysfunction (ED):
• ✔ Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD):
• ✔ Genital arousal disorder:
• ✔ Retrograde ejaculation:
• ✔ Paedophilia:
• ✔ Fetishism:

Psychosexual problems

There are three main categories of psychosexual disorder: sexual dysfunction, paraphilias and gender identity disorders. Sexual dysfunction is characterised by a lack of sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, painful sex, lack of sexual enjoyment, sexual addiction and sexual aversion.