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What Factors Can Make It Difficult to Get Aroused, Even If a Woman's Sex Drive Is Fine?

What Factors Can Make It Difficult to Get Aroused, Even If a Woman's Sex Drive Is Fine? (0:49)

For women, arousal difficulties can be due to problems in a relationship or another medical condition. In this video, Elizabeth Poynor, MD, PhD, a gynecologist-oncologist in New York City, discusses these problems.

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Arousal difficulties can be very similar to libido issues. Arousal difficulties may be due to problems in a relationship, they may be problems with self image, or hormonal problems, or a representative of other medical illnesses. So they're very similar to libido, arousal issues can arise from similar mechanisms.

A woman's sexual response is not a straight line from interest, arousal, and then climax. It's a circular type of interaction where there's many factors that go into a woman's sexual response.