A Late COVID-19 Complication: Male Sexual Dysfunction. Issue 6 (22nd December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shoar, Saeed; Khavandi, Siamak; Tabibzadeh, Elsa; Vaez, Aydin; Oskouei, Ali Khabbazi; Hosseini, Fatemeh; Naderan, Mohammad; Shoar, Nasrin
• Is Part Of: Prehospital and disaster medicine. Volume 35:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 688
• Page End: 689
• Publication Date: 2020-12-22
• Subjects: anorgasmia, -- COVID-19, -- COVID-19 complication, -- SARS-CoV-2, -- sexual dysfunction; Emergency medical services -- Periodicals; Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; Disaster medicine -- Periodicals; 616.025
• DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X20001223
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-023X

Abstract

Abstract: Since the beginning of the coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, an exponentially large amount of data has been published to describe the pathology, clinical presentations, and outcomes in patients infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome novel coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although COVID-19 has been shown to cause a systemic inflammation predisposing the involvement of multiple organs, its mechanism affecting the urogenital system has not been well-documented. This case report presents the clinical course of two male patients with COVID-19 who developed sexual dysfunction, as anorgasmia, following recovery from the infection. Although no evidence of viral replication or inflammatory involvement could be identified in these cases' urogenital organs, a lack of other known risk factors for anorgasmia points to the role of COVID-19 as the contributing factor.