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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 18, Ch. 243, Sexual Dysfunction In Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | A lifelong diminished capacity for sexual arousal may be related to ignorance of genital anatomy and function, particularly clitoral function, and of effective arousal patterns and techniques. |
 | | Usually, decreased sexual desire precedes decreased sexual arousal, in which case hypoactive sexual desire disorder is the primary diagnosis. |
 | | Although women can be orgasmic throughout their lives, sexual activity often decreases after age 60 because of the relative lack of partners and untreated physiologic changes (eg, atrophy of the vaginal mucosa, with resultant dryness and painful coitus). |
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