Franziska M L M Kümpers, Christopher Sinke, Cordula Schippert, Katja Kollewe, Sonja Körner, Peter Raab, Bernhard Meyer, Sabine Maschke, Matthias Karst, Christian Sperling, Eleni Dalkeranidis, Tillmann H C Krüger
Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD) is a rare condition-mostly in women-where patients perceive prolonged genital arousal without any sexual desire or stimulation. Etiopathological considerations reach from peripheral to central issues over local disturbance of the pudendal nerve to neuropathy, psychosocial, and pharmacological theories. Since well controlled clinical studies about PGAD in conjunction with a mental and somatic health status are missing, this study is a detailed clinical investigation of PGAD patients compared to healthy controls...
December 20, 2023: Scientific Reports