Does epilepsy affect sexual ability and intimacy? .. Consultation answers – video

Al-Marsad Newspaper: A consultant in neurology and epilepsy, at King Fahd Medical City, Dr. Fawzia Bamkadam, revealed the extent of the impact of epilepsy on sexual ability and intimacy.

weak sexual ability

Ba-Mokadam said during her appearance on the program “Sayidaty”: “One of the important reasons, which is more in men than in women, is the weakness of sexual ability in men.”

Injury rate

And she continued, “Its percentage is not large among people with epilepsy, and the percentage is from 25 to 30% of the total number of patients, and it depends on the location of the epilepsy focus.”

epilepsy focus

And the consultant neurologist added: “If the epilepsy focus is in the brain, it affects the intimate relationship and the secretion of sex hormones, other than that the person with epilepsy is afraid of having convulsions during intimate relationship.”

And she continued, “If a spasm occurs during the intimate relationship, this will tire the patient and the other party, and things will be difficult if one of the parties conceals his epilepsy from the other.”

medication problems

And she continued: “Rarely does a person with epilepsy say that during intercourse he experienced a convulsion, other than that some medications may lead to erectile dysfunction and low sperm count.”

She concluded her statements: “The new drugs for the treatment of epilepsy overcome the problems of the old drugs in this aspect for some sufferers.”

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