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ArticleInternational journal of impotence research2025

Recognition and practice patterns of sexual medicine experts towards postorgasmic illness syndrome.

Mesut Berkan Duran, Rachel S Rubin, Yacov Reisman, Ege Can Serefoglu

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Mesut Berkan DuranDepartment of Urology, Pamukkale University, School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8597-2081
Rachel S RubinDepartment of Urology, Georgetown University, Georgetown, Washington, DC, 20007, USA.
Yacov ReismanReuth Rehabilitation Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Ege Can SerefogluDepartment of Urology, Biruni University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. egecanserefoglu@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2530-7012

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Post-orgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) is a rare, but debilitating cluster of symptoms, occurring after ejaculation with unknown mechanism and uncertain treatment. To the best of our knowledge, this study, which is thought to be the first in the literature, is aimed to investigate the practice patterns of sexual medicine experts towards POIS. Worldwide sexual medicine experts were invited to participate anonymously in an online, open survey using SurveyMonkey between November 14, 2022, and January 15, 2023. In total 211 sexual medicine experts filled the survey. The majority of the participants were urologists (83.9%). Most participants stated that the available information about POIS was inadequate for both patients and physicians. 47.9% of the participants stated psychological disorder, 46.4% stated bio-psycho-social reasons for the responsibility for the pathophysiology of POIS. 56.4% of the participants stated that they would refer the patient for psychotherapy/sexual therapy to a sexologist, 41.7% would prefer antihistamine drugs to manage symptoms. Only 18% of participants reported symptom improvement in more than 30% of the patients. This survey study among sexual medicine experts from different parts of the world has developed representative estimates of knowledge, attitudes and practice patterns regarding POIS worldwide.

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OrgasmPractice Patterns, Physicians'SexologySexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalSexual Dysfunctions, PsychologicalAdultEjaculationFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and Questionnaires

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