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A focused review on the genital and sexual affection of COVID-19 patients.

Abbas, Ahmed M; Fathy, Safaa K; Khamees, Areej A; Salem, Amera S; Ahmed, Lobna.

J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod ; 49(8): 101848, 2020 Oct.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-624693

ABSTRACT

The pandemic of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) could harm the reproductive and sexual health of both males and females. This could be through psychological, immunological, or systemic effects. In this article, we tried to elucidate the mechanisms that could explain the current and future genital affection of COVID-19 patients.

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Betacoronavirus , Coronavirus Infections/psychology , Pneumonia, Viral/psychology , Sexual Behavior/psychology , Sexual Health , Antidepressive Agents/adverse effects , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/complications , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Cytokine Release Syndrome/complications , Depression/drug therapy , Female , Genitalia/blood supply , Humans , Libido/drug effects , Libido/physiology , Male , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , SARS-CoV-2 , Sex Factors , Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data , Stress, Psychological/drug therapy

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