Sex news – expert reveals what your ORGASM can say about your health

Many people equate good sex with the type of orgasm they, and their partner, have. 

But putting orgasms on such a high pedestal is one of the reasons why some women struggle to achieve one. 

Speaking to Glamour, Leah S. Millheiser, M.D., Director of the Female Sexual Medicine programme at Stanford University Medical Centre, said: “The vast majority of young, healthy women (no medical disorders, not related to a medication, they’re either single or in a healthy relationship) who come into see me about never having an orgasm, it’s because of something mental.

“Often times these women are aware that they are stopping themselves from reaching orgasm.” 

But there are also underlying health issues Dr Millheiser suggests ruling out. 

Blood flow and muscle contraction determine the intensity of a woman’s orgasm. 

But a peripheral vascular disease – a condition which reduces blood floret the limb – could be causing weak or nonexistent orgasms. 

Dr Millheiser said: “If someone has longstanding peripheral vascular disease, meaning they have blocks in their peripheral vessels (the blood vessels that of to their legs and their genitals) because of diabetes or high cholesterol, they have decreased blood flow. And when you have decreased blood flow to the genitals, your orgasms aren’t going to be anywhere near as intense.” 

Multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and other nervous system disorders can also have an impact on orgasms, because they require heathy neurological function in the genital region. 

Going through certain hormonal changes also has an impact. 

But if these issues don’t apply to you, NHS Choices suggests some psychological causes of orgasm problems in women. 

These include, not being stimulated sufficiently, worrying about sexual performance, lack of knowledge or fear of sex and problems in the relationship.