The challenge of endometriosis for female sexual health.

Transvaginal sonographic features of diffuse adenomyosis in 18-30-year-old nulligravid women without endometriosis: association with symptoms - adenomyosis in young women. Keywords: endometriosis; deep dyspareunia; sexual functioning; female sexual health EN endometriosis deep dyspareunia sexual functioning female sexual health 240 246 7 06/15/23 20230301 NES 230301 Introduction The quality of sexual life plays an important role in the overall quality of life,[1] representing a primary care priority.[2] Sexual health is defined, according to the World Health Organization, as a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality.[3] Sexual function is a complex phenomenon driven by social, psychological, and biological/hormonal factors[4] and may be impaired by medical conditions, especially when gynecologic disorders are involved.[5] In the last years, an increasing number of evidences has shown that patients with endometriosis frequently report an impairment in sexual functioning and satisfaction.[5],[6] Endometriosis is a benign hormone-dependent disorder associated with the presence of endometrial tissue displaced outside the uterine cavity. Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS PubMed WorldCat 39 Perelló MF, Martínez-Zamora MÁ, Torres X, Munrós J, Balasch Cortina J, Carmona F. Endometriotic pain is associated with adenomyosis but not with the compartments affected by deep infiltrating endometriosis. Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS PubMed WorldCat 27 Reis FM, Santulli P, Marcellin L, Borghese B, Lafay-Pillet M-C, Chapron C. Superficial peritoneal endometriosis: clinical characteristics of 203 confirmed cases and 1292 endometriosis-free controls. [Extracted from the article]