TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual dysfunction associated with chronic retention of foreign bodies in the low urinary tract
AU - Zhang, Zejian
AU - Zhu, Xia
AU - Wang, Yaomin
AU - Chen, Dong
AU - Fan, Jiqing
AU - Deng, Chunhua
AU - Liu, Guihua
AU - Yang, Lin
AU - Feloney, Michael
AU - Wang, Xisheng
AU - Zhang, Yuanyuan
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank LetPub (www.letpub.com) for its linguistic assistance during the preparation of this manuscript. The authors thank all the patients who participated in this study.
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PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - We sought to evaluate the association between sexual dysfunction and chronic retention of foreign bodies in the lower urinary tract (LUT) for long-term periods (≧4 weeks) in patients seen at three medical centres between January 2015 and September 2020, followed by assessing the impact of long-term retention of a foreign body in the LUT on sexual function. Thirty-eight patients were studied in the long-term group, among whom the aetiology of the foreign bodies included sexual desire with masturbation (n = 22, 58%), sexual inquisitiveness (n = 10, 26%), dysuria (n = 3, 8%) and seeking to relieve itching (n = 3, 8%). There were various types of foreign bodies, including a string of magnetic beads (n = 13), a thermometer (n = 5), plastic electric wire (n = 5) and others (n = 15). All cases presented with sexual dysfunction and LUT symptoms. Three months after foreign body removal, sexual dysfunction symptoms were significantly improved in 22 male cases and seven female cases. We found that chronic retention of foreign bodies in the LUT causes sexual dysfunction in both men and women. The psychological effects of fear may prevent these patients from seeking medical help. Thus, education on sexual medicine and timely removal of foreign bodies is necessary to avert sexual dysfunction and urinary tract infection.
AB - We sought to evaluate the association between sexual dysfunction and chronic retention of foreign bodies in the lower urinary tract (LUT) for long-term periods (≧4 weeks) in patients seen at three medical centres between January 2015 and September 2020, followed by assessing the impact of long-term retention of a foreign body in the LUT on sexual function. Thirty-eight patients were studied in the long-term group, among whom the aetiology of the foreign bodies included sexual desire with masturbation (n = 22, 58%), sexual inquisitiveness (n = 10, 26%), dysuria (n = 3, 8%) and seeking to relieve itching (n = 3, 8%). There were various types of foreign bodies, including a string of magnetic beads (n = 13), a thermometer (n = 5), plastic electric wire (n = 5) and others (n = 15). All cases presented with sexual dysfunction and LUT symptoms. Three months after foreign body removal, sexual dysfunction symptoms were significantly improved in 22 male cases and seven female cases. We found that chronic retention of foreign bodies in the LUT causes sexual dysfunction in both men and women. The psychological effects of fear may prevent these patients from seeking medical help. Thus, education on sexual medicine and timely removal of foreign bodies is necessary to avert sexual dysfunction and urinary tract infection.
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U2 - 10.1111/and.14346
DO - 10.1111/and.14346
M3 - Article
C2 - 34873749
AN - SCOPUS:85120538755
VL - 54
JO - Andrologia
JF - Andrologia
SN - 0303-4569
IS - 3
M1 - e14346
ER -