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New center focusing on women's sexual health opens

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Channel: LOCAL 12 · 2018 · News & Politics

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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A newer trend in medicine offers women a team approach to sexual healing.

Kelly Marcum told doctors she was tired a lot and had a low sexual drive.  "They just pretty much wrote me off since I was young and said that nothing's wrong," Marcum said.

That's until she went to see Dr. Somi Javaid of the Ohio Center for Sexual Health.

Blood tests confirmed something was wrong with her hormones and testosterone. It's something Dr. Javaid says she often sees in women who have low libido, low arousal and sexual pain. 

"The problem with sexual health up until now is it's been voodoo, and women haven't been willing to come forward, and if they do, is that less than 30 percent of OB/GYNs are even trained to give them a solution," she said.

So Dr. Javaid's is now one of the few practices in the country partnering patients with obstetricians, gynecologists, sex therapists and other providers in one practice to do one thing.  "We are trying to narrow that gender gap and allow this to be a topic for women to come forward and receive help that they deserve," Dr. Javaid said.

Dr. Sarah Bartlett added, "We do a variety of things in this office to make sure that many of those things get addressed."

One of the reasons they do this is to establish a medical connection women are feeling, but there also may be a psychological one. So bringing this team together can promote a whole new kind of sexual healing. "Men currently have 26 medications for sexual health with the FDA. Women have two."

The team does research not just on sexual health medications, but on therapies such as the Co2re Intima Laser. 

Sex therapist Emma Schmidt says to make intimacy more enjoyable, the goal of this team is to invite women to have a conversation about something that can be challenging to talk about.  "When we can start to change the narrative and the messaging around sex in our mind, it translates; our whole body starts to receive it so much differently," Schmidt said.

For Marcum, finding the right team and getting the right therapy and medical treatment made all the difference.  "I started doing hormone therapy and I had some treatments done here for my low libido, and that's when things really started to change for me," she said.

Marcum is now sharing her story so others will know it's a conversation worth talking about.  "I started to get in the best shape of my life, have tons of energy, my sex drive was pretty much through the roof, which I still chase that brand new feeling all the time. It's just really nice to feel confident and sexy and strong. It feels nice," said Marcum.

The Center for Sexual Health does see patients from all over the country. In most cases, health treatments are covered by medical insurance plans. For more information call 513-404-4166.

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