Yoga is practiced both in developing and developed countries. Many patients and yoga protagonists claim that it is useful in improving sexual functions and treating sexual disorders.
We wanted to ...study the effect of yoga on male sexual functioning.
We studied 65 males (age range=24–60 years, average age=40±8.26 years) who were enrolled in a yoga camp and administered a known questionnaire, i.e., Male Sexual Quotient (MSQ) before and after 12 weeks session of yoga.
MSQ scores before and after yoga sessions.
It was found that after the completion of yoga sessions, the sexual functions scores were significantly improved (P<0.0001). The improvement occurred in scores of all the domains of sexual functions as studied by MSQ (desire, intercourse satisfaction, performance, confidence, partner synchronization, erection, ejaculatory control, orgasm).
Yoga appears to be an effective method of improving all domains of sexual functions in men as studied by MSQ. Dhikav V, Karmarkar G, Verma M, Gupta R, Gupta S, Mittal D, and Anand K. Yoga in male sexual functioning: A noncompararive pilot study.
Sexual medicine is a branch often neglected by professionals from different specialties associated with it. However, research in this field has picked up in recent years, owing to recently renewed ...interest in upholding the sexual rights of the population in general and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups in particular. The recently released Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition, by the American Psychiatric Association in May 2013 has stirred up the supporters and critics (of Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition) alike.
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition, has updated diagnostic criteria for some of the sexual disorders to improve understanding and diagnostic validity. Certain sexual dysfunctions have been regrouped and sexual response cycle-based classification has been partially withdrawn. Research in the area of behavioral management of sexual dysfunctions has given some novel concepts, particularly for women.
Although improvements in behavioral management (of sexual dysfunctions) and classification/diagnostic criteria in Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition, is a step forward in the field of sexual medicine, we need to further improve our understanding in many of the lacunae, still bearing on the field of sexual medicine, lest we may fall at the first hurdle.
Human ejaculation happens in the orgasmic phase of the human sexual response cycle. Among psychosomatic ejaculatory disorders that may happen before ejaculation, we present two cases of ...preejaculatory illness syndrome. The two cases shared common symptoms of sympathetic over activity, the sensation of impending death, and muscle atonia with subsequent failure to ejaculate. Depression, anxiety disorders, and family histories of psychiatric problems were noticed as risk factors. Medical conditions that may lead to panic attack type symptoms were eliminated before the final diagnosis. After the failure of empirical medications, symptoms became controlled with fluoxetine. Patients reported a recurrence of the symptoms on trying to stop the prescribed medication. On the last follow-up, they still take fluoxetine on a regular base with satisfactory sexual life.
The authors discuss the psychosomatics concerning male gender role among middle and old age in this article. Psychosomatic treatments for male sexual dysfunctions, such as HRT (hormone replacement ...therapy), VCD (vacuum constriction device) for penile erection, intracavemous injection with vasoactive drugs such as papaverine hydrochloride, prostaglandine E1,surgical operations for vasculogenic impotence, invasive operation with implantation of penile prosthesis for organic impotence, psychotropic medications, medication of cavemosal smooth muscle relaxating agents such as trazodone hydrochloride, sildenafil, medication of cerebral activating agents such as indeloxazine hydrochloride etc., are useful and available for effective recovery from impaired or disturbed invalid consciousness of male gender role and male gender identity of middle and old age, in the meaning of supportive psychotherapies. Furthermore, psychologically "the existential and ethical insight" with an active attitude to accept the aging itself under recognition of one's natural providence for oneself improves own subjective well-being in life in the viewpoint of mental health. And the elevation of mental health with high level of subjective well -being will activate a prohomeostatic autonormalization of brain function. Psychosomatically the regulation both of the antonomic nervous system and the endocrine system and the activation of the immune system will be improved under psychoneuroendocrinoimmunomodulation. These mechanisms mean health promotion (salutogenesis). The authors discussed and tried to prove these important and interesting concepts under our several surveys by using assessment scales such as LSI-K (life satisfaction index-Koyano), PGC moral scale (Lowton), PIL-test etc. in Okinawa. According to the result of our surveys the increasing of LSI-K scores with recover from consciousness of invalid male gender role and male gender identity after giving adequate psychosomatic treatment for male sexual dysfunctions was examined in some cases. In addition, the authors examined socio-cultural gender role in the community at the holy sublime ceremony named "Hatiguati umati" held by the maidens called "Nuru" or "Noro"with "Nrral Kanal"worship in the Kudaka-jima Island, the holy historical place of the beginning of the country in Okinawa.
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