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Sexual dysfunction with no clear cause: the nerve angle — Myths and facts

Medically reviewed by Dr Renaud Bollens — Professor of Urology

Myths and facts

Separating myth from fact on pelvic nerve sexual dysfunction, because the myths are what keep patients undiagnosed for years.

Because the pudendal nerve supplies genital sensation, its irritation can produce numbness, hypersensitivity, pain during or after intercourse, and persistent unwanted arousal.

These symptoms are widely under-reported by patients and under-asked by clinicians. Naming them is the first step to explaining them.

Our consultations cover sexual symptoms explicitly and discreetly, because they carry diagnostic weight rather than being an embarrassing side note.

A structured specialist review replaces guesswork with a mechanism — or rules our field out entirely.