Erectile dysfunction as a manifestation of urogenital autonomic neuropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes: epidemiology, classification, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment options

• Main Authors: Gagik Radikovich Galstyan, Yana Grigor'evna Shwarts, Sergey Anatol'evich Dubsky, Alexander Evgen'evich Lepetukhin, Roman Viktorovich Rozhivanov, Dmitry Gennadievich Kurbatov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Endocrinology Research Centre 2014-05-01
• Series: Сахарный диабет
• Subjects: urogenital diabetic polyneuropathy; erectile dysfunction; neurogenic erectile dysfunction; vasculogenic erectile dysfunction; mixed erectile dysfunction; pde-5 inhibitors
• Online Access: https://dia-endojournals.ru/dia/article/viewFile/6434/4488

Sexual dysfunction characterized by a significant decline in the quality of life of patients and leading to infertility and problems in social life is diagnosed in more than 40% of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Erectile dysfunction is the most common sexual disorder in DM patients. The article describes epidemiology, classification, pathophysiology, diagnostic and treatment of erectile dysfunction in T1DM patients.