Endocrine contribution to the sexual dysfunction in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and the role of hyperprolactinemia.
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Journal Article
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the prevalence of sexual dysfunction among males with advanced chronic kidney disease and the effect of treating hyperprolactinemia among these patients. In this prospective study, patients were assessed with history, physical examination, hormonal assessment, and two questionnaires, IIEF and AIPE. Patients with hyperprolactinemia received treatment with cabergoline 0.5 mg once per week for 6 months and were re-evaluated. A total of 102 patients were included in this study, 75 (73.53%) were on hemodialysis, 13 (12.75%) on peritoneal dialysis and 14 (13.73%) on medical treatment alone. Ninety (88.24%) patients had premature ejaculation, 85 (83.33%) had anything from mild-to-moderate-to-severe erectile dysfunction. The incidence of hypogonadism and hyperprolactinemia was 34.4%. Patients treated with cabergoline (n = 26) showed a significant increase in LH levels (p = .003) and a significant decrease in prolactin levels (p = .003). Testosterone levels and the incidence of erectile dysfunction or premature ejaculation did not improve significantly. There is a high incidence of sexual dysfunction among patients. Treatment of hyperprolactinemia is effective in correcting prolactin levels, but does not improve erectile dysfunction or premature ejaculation. Therefore, treating hyperprolactinemia is not an overall effective treatment for erectile dysfunction in these patients.
Date Issued
2021-09
Date Acceptance
2021-05-17
Citation
Andrologia, 2021, 53 (8), pp.1-6
ISSN
0303-4569
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
1
End Page
6
Journal / Book Title
Andrologia
Volume
53
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2021 The Authors. Andrologia published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34089536
Subjects
Erectile Dysfunction
Humans
Hyperprolactinemia
Male
Premature Ejaculation
Prospective Studies
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Testosterone
end-stage renal disease
erectile dysfunction
hyperprolactinemia
hypogonadism
premature ejaculation
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Germany
Date Publish Online
2021-06-05