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Intimacy Post-Injury: Combat Trauma and Sexual Health

Intimacy Post-Injury: Combat Trauma and Sexual Health

Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron

Paperback

Medical ReferenceCognition

ISBN10: 0190461500
ISBN13: 9780190461508
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Nov 2 2016
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Since September 11 2001, or 9/11, approximately 2.7 US million service members have served in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Many thousands have been wounded, with injuries ranging from mild to severe. PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and TBI (traumatic brain injury) have been called the signature wounds of war. The psychological injuries of war, PTSD and related co-morbid conditions, lead to feeling isolated from others, which directly affects intimate relationships. TBI (traumatic brain injury) is also a very common injury from these past decades of war. The treatment of PTSD and TBI involves medications that often have sexual side-effects, such as erectile dysfunction and loss of libido, weight gain, ejaculatory delay, and sedation.

The bomb blast has been the signature weapon of these conflicts. Service members wear helmets and body armor, which covers their torsos. Thus blasts primarily effect the lower exposed areas of the body, including the extremities and pelvic region. Numerous service members have lost one or both legs, and in some cases arms.

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