HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION AND FEMALE SEXUALITY


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The paper deals with one of the most important sociomedical problems — the impact of hormonal contraception on female sexuality. The data available in the literature on the specific features of sexual functioning in women using different hormonal contraceptives are analyzed. The paper shows that sexual health is determined by a set of factors rather than the level of sex hormones or the qualitative and quantitative content of hormones in the hormonal agents. It also demonstrates that the specialists have consensus about the problems of contraception, the need to discuss issues related to sexual health when counseling patients.

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N. N STENYAEVA

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: nataliasten@mail.ru

D. F KHRITININ

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

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