Problems with sexual function that create a marital crisis are common in chronic patients, including fibromyalgia patients.
There is no reason to avoid sex; on the contrary, sex brings closer and improves communication and contact between the couple. The need for connection, sex, and sexual fantasies are often not affected by the chronic disease. What is affected is sexual performance! Most couples refrain from having an honest and direct conversation on the subject, which only exacerbates the problem, so it is essential to have an expectation-coordination conversation. When the spouse's relationship is loving, accepting, and containing the healthy spouse can adapt to the sick spouse. The expectation of exciting and spontaneous sex is unrealistic. Men with chronic diseases (especially in the urinary tract) sometimes have erection difficulty, but sex, touch, hugging, and caressing should not be given up. Sex with patients with chronic illnesses is perhaps less exciting, but it can be full of love, no less than in young couples. Sex should be planned in a comfortable atmosphere, quietly, and without stress. It is advisable to try tantric sex that emphasizes spiritual-emotional connection and not necessarily penetration.
Link: Improving sexual function In chronic patients and the disabled.
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