High cholesterol is not only bad for heart, but it can also affect a woman's sex life, says a new study. Researchers at the Second University of Naples have carried out the study and found that hyperlipidemia or raised levels of cholesterol in the blood could prevent women from becoming sexually aroused, the 'New Scientist' reported. According to them, this is because some aspects of the female sexual arousal also rely on increased blood flow to the genitals just like in men's.The researchers came to the conclusion after comparing the sexual function in pre-menopausal women with and without hyperlipidemia. Women with hyperlipidemia showed significantly lower arousal, orgasm, lubrication, and sexual satisfaction scores than women with normal blood lipid profiles. And 32 per cent of the women with abnormal profiles scored low enough on a scale of female sexual function to be diagnosed with FDS, compared with 9 per cent of women without normal levels. However, women's sexual desire was not affected by hyperlipidemia, the study found.
In a related study, a team at the University of Milan found that female sexual dysfunction was also associated with diabetes, obesity and an underactive thyroid gland. "These two papers suggest there are strong connections between women's sexual arousal and organic diseases in the same way that men's sexual problems arise," Geoffrey Hackett, a urologist at the Holly Cottage Clinic in Fisherwick, said.
The findings have been published in the 'Journal of Sexual Medicine'.
Source :- Newsx.com.
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