PMID: 16615723Apr 18, 2006Paper

Sexual problems after allogenic stem cell transplantation

Revue médicale suisse
S ChiodiG Abraham

Abstract

Allogenic stem cell transplantation is an effective procedure for malignant haematological diseases, for these reasons the number of long-term survivors has increased as well as the concern for their quality of life. The late effects of transplantation can highly influence the patient's sexuality and relationships through psychological and physical factors. Psychological factors: regression due to sickness, staff-dependency, emotional and physical partner-dependence, distress related to sterility. Physical factors: hypo-oestrogenism, genital mucosae dryness and sometimes vulval or vaginal chronic graft-versus-host disease. Addressing the topic of intimacy may cause anxiety and embarrassment among nurses, haematological staff and practitioners with the risk of leaving patients in a sort of "conspiracy of silences".

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