{"id":1249,"date":"2016-10-01T08:40:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T14:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2016-10-01T08:42:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T14:12:05","slug":"metabolic-syndrome-linked-to-sexual-dysfunction-in-older-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/metabolic-syndrome-linked-to-sexual-dysfunction-in-older-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Metabolic syndrome linked to sexual dysfunction in older women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sexual-Health.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sexual-Health.jpg?resize=640%2C292\" alt=\"Sexual health banner\" width=\"640\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sexual-Health.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sexual-Health.jpg?resize=300%2C137&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Metabolic syndrome (a group of factors that increases the likelihood of heart problems and diabetes) is one of the key factors that contributes to a lower sexual desire in postmenopausal women because cardiovascular disease play&#8217;s an important role in women&#8217;s sexual health.<\/p>\n<p>There have been many studies which show that metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease are not the only ones play such a role on women&#8217;s sexual desire. Psychosocial factors such as marital status and depression lead to sexual dysfunction as well.<\/p>\n<p>Some studies have shown that women diagnosed with metabolic syndrome reported\u00a0 very low sexual desire and satisfaction at the same time. Also, it has been reported that a lot of women with metabolic syndrome stated that they need less sexual contact or activity.<\/p>\n<p>Another interesting thing is that the same women stated that their body\/waist size, diabetes, and even hypertension were associated with decreased desire in sexual activity. Scientists also discovered that angina and even heart attack were associated with a lower sexual desire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/07\/160712173424.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metabolic syndrome linked to sexual dysfunction in older women<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metabolic syndrome (a group of factors that increases the likelihood of heart problems and diabetes) is one of the key factors that contributes to a lower sexual desire in postmenopausal women because cardiovascular disease play&#8217;s an important role in women&#8217;s sexual health. There have been many studies which show that metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-female-sexual-health","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}