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Sex Life Still Alive for Physically Challenged
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Sexuality does not end when a
person experiences the effects of a spinal cord injury. Issues of meeting
potential partners, building self confidences and enhancing sexual function
are an essential part of adjusting to life after an injury. Many physical and
emotional changes take place during the rehabilitation process and the matter
of being able to perform sexually usually becomes an issue of importance. The
truth is that as time passes, those with spinal cord injury find a greater
appreciation for sexuality and many will move on to find greater emotional
closeness with their partner.
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Tadalafil Helps Spinal Cord Injury Patients With Erectile Dysfunction
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Men with spinal cord injuries appear to have better erectile function
when they take tadalafil, according to a report published in Archives of Neurology (JAMA/Archives), November 2007 issue.
Spinal cord injuries are much more common than many people realize;
globally about 10.4 to 83 people per million are affected by spinal
cord injuries annually, say the authors. "Throughout the world, spinal
cord injury occurs most often in young men, resulting in negative
physical, social and psychological consequences. Erectile dysfunction,
defined as the inability to attain and maintain penile erection
sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance, is a common
complication in men with spinal cord injury."
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Disabled laud efforts to make intimacy easier
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Alan Tholkes
expected good-natured ribbing when he shared his new-product idea with
colleagues at HealthPostures, the ergonomic-furniture company in
Glencoe, Minn., that he co-founded in 1999. The idea was a gliding chair with adjustable legs and back support, but it would not be something you'd take to a softball game.
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Illinois resident's experience proves that paralyzed men can father children
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 In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed
below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he'd lost the
chance to be a father.
"It was some of the stuff I was thinking
about the most," said Luther. "What about having children? What about
getting married? Can you naturally conceive a family?" His
questions are shared by thousands of young men each year who suffer
paralyzing spinal injuries. But many may give up hope — or
undergo unnecessary, invasive procedures — because their doctors
don't know about simple ways to help them.
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Hope for fatherhood
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In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed
below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he'd lost the
chance to be a father.
"It was some of the stuff I was thinking about the most," said
Luther. "What about having children? What about getting married? Can
you naturally conceive a family?"
His questions are shared by thousands of young men each year who
suffer paralyzing spinal injuries. But many may give up hope - or
undergo unnecessary, invasive procedures - because their doctors don't
know about simple ways to help them.
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Persistence paid off for paralyzed dad
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 In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed
below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he'd lost the
chance to be a father.
"It was some of the stuff I was thinking about the most," said
Luther. "What about having children? What about getting married? Can
you naturally conceive a family?"
His questions are shared by thousands of young men each year who
suffer paralyzing spinal injuries. But many may give up hope — or
undergo unnecessary, invasive procedures — because their doctors
don't know about simple ways to help them.
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Life in wheelchair doesn't mean life without sex
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One of the first fears that many who've lost their legs confront is the possible
loss of their sex life. Thanks to technology though, both neither need be gone
entirely.
Lighter manual
wheelchairs and increasingly dexterous motorised ones are increasingly helping
adults with a wide range of disabilities commute the sidewalks of America, while
nerve and tissue stimulating vibrators and erection inspiring medications are
helping them with sexual intimacy.
According to Columbia News
Service, extreme skier David Bucks was able to orgasm thrice after a half hour
of using a powerful vibrator from Denmark's FertiCare—something he'd been
unable to do during the seven years since being paralysed from the chest down as
a result of a California avalanche.
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New products help paraplegics have sex
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 Nearly 15 years ago David Bucks was extreme skiing in California when
an avalanche knocked him down and threw him from a 200-foot cliff onto
a rock face. Three of his vertebrae broke into 42 pieces. At 33, Bucks
was completely paralyzed below the chest. Once he realized he'd live,
he feared that he'd never be able to have sex again.
"You're telling me that my other legs won't be able to walk but will little Junior?" Bucks recalled asking the doctors.
Some time after the injury, he started dating his nurse and they
discovered FertiCare, a medical vibrator from Denmark that is marketed
as a fertility aid.
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Advanced Medical Institute Inc. Offers Men With Spinal Cord Injuries a New Lease on Their Sex Lives
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Advanced Medical Institute Inc., a leading
provider of treatment for Erectile Dysfunction and Premature
Ejaculation in Australasia, announces a new not for profit division --
Rocket Launch -- which specialises in
providing Erectile Dysfunction advice and treatment programs to men
who have sustained a spinal cord injury.
Rocket Launch's trial group of 60 patients delivered a remarkable
100% success rate with all patients capable of gaining and maintaining
an erection. With the huge success of their trial, Rocket Launch now
plans to reach out to the more than 6,000 men in Australia who have
sustained a spinal cord injury. Rocket Launch also hopes to assist
spinal cord rehabilitation units in hospitals across the country to
improve the quality of patient outcomes.
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Paralyzed men can be fathers
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 In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below
the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he’d lost the
chance to be a father.
Then 27, he hadn’t yet fallen in
love with the woman of his dreams. When he did, he wanted to start a
family with her. But how?
“It was some of the stuff I was
thinking about the most,” said Luther, who rolled his S-10 Blazer
on black ice. “What about having children? What about getting
married? Can you naturally conceive a family?”
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