Young women with diabetes and sexual dysfunction may find that Viagra (sildenafil) improves arousal, orgasm and sexual enjoyment

Diabetic women may experience sexual dysfunction due to vaginal dryness, discomfort, and other factors, Dr. Salvatore Caruso and associates, from the University of Catania in Italy, note in a paper, published in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility that Viagra may help.

Some of physiologic effects of Viagra which are beneficial in men, may also be helpful for women, they hypothesized.

To test their theory, they recruited 32 women with type 1 diabetes who in the past had experienced normal sexual desire, but currently experienced sexual dysfunction -- for 3.5 years on average.

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