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Can spinal stenosis cause sexual dysfuction?

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Yes: Any compromise of the spinal cord can affect the nerves responsible for erections.

Answered 8/11/2018

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Yes: If the stenosis is severe enough, it can but it is usually one of the later neurologic symptoms.

Answered 2/22/2019

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Dr. James Lin answered

Possible if...: Many spinal-stenosis-related conditions may interfere sexual function with a highly variable degree and pace over time; they are nerve damage and pain by stenosis itself or after expected/unexpected damage by surgical "correction", aging, medical comorbidity, direct/indirect related disability. Most are well and highly manageable, but no cure, just to cope with reality, certainty ; uncertainty....

Answered 10/26/2019

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