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Disability and Illness: Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal Cord Injury Introduction:
This channel discusses the ways in which different kinds of spinal cord injuries (SCIs) can affect sexual relationships and functioning. It also offers concrete information about the sexual and reproductive options available to people who have experienced an SCI.

Spinal Cord Injury Articles:

  • Husband is Not Interested in Sex Anymore after Getting Injured
  • We cannot restore sensation....
  • Sexual pleasure is still possible...
  • Possible Effects Of SCI On Sexual Function
  • Women, If you want to have a baby...
  • Men, If you want to have a baby...
  • Making Babies: At-Home Vibrostimulation and Insemination
  • If you do not want to have a baby...
  • Hands-Free Whoopee

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    Answered Disability and Illness - Spinal Cord Injury Questions:

  • I am a SCI survivor, C4, and a woman. I am looking for advice on how to retrain my body to achieve orgasm. I have 80% sensory below the shoulders, and "feel" much, but the big bang eludes me. I hav ....
  • My fiance is 34ys. paraplegic from the waist down for 7yrs he told me he is able to perform sexually with the aid of medication. What type of medication could he be talking about?
  • My fiance is a paraplegic. He has a c-7 spinal cord injury. We both want children, but we aren't sure if he can have children. I wanted to know if there is anyway to find out if he is able to conceive ....
  • I'm 36, a C2 - C3 quad for the last 15 years. In that time, I've never had a relationship. I feel so incredibly sexually frustrated I can hardly stand it anymore. I would like to meet a woman but I ....
  • My husband is 43 year old with a condition called anklynosis spondilitis (probably spelled that wrong). While our sex life is good, sometimes his orgasms cause him severe pain in his groin area and c ....
  • I was born with spinabifida and developed epilepsy at the age of 10. I am now in my late thirties. Browsing the web I discovered that Phenytoin can lower sexual libido. I have been taking Phenytoin ....
  • I am a man whom is disabled (C4-5 Quadriplegic) and gay. I have questions and concerns about anal sex without having sensation.
  • I am a t3/4 complete paraplegic male resulting from a MVA 12 years ago. I have discovered just recently with the use of Viagra and a persistence lady friend that I could ejaculate. This was a little p ....
  • My husband sustained a spinal cord injury just a year after we married. He said that he pretty much is not interested in sex anymore. I try to be understanding and assure him that to be even cuddled ....
  • My finace has a complete spinal cord injury. He is not able to get an erection or ejaculate. I was just wonder what options we have for having children. What is would the process to remove semen fr ....
  • My son is engaged to a 20 year old girl. She was in a car accident on the 23 of Oct. She was in a coma for 60 days. She has woke up and is doing good as far as her mental status. She is paralyzed from ....
  • i thought ejaculation was a spinal reflex, when i have sex, it feels great but i dont orgasm or ejaculate, how can this be?
  • I do not have enough size to have intercourse with my girlfriend and I think she may want out of the relationship. Is there anyway to increase or enlarge the size of my penis?
  • Hi Linda,I have been in a relationship with someone older than me who has a spinal injury. I am willing to explore other ways of sexual intimacy and he is very satisfying to me. In the beginning it wa ....
  • I am a c5 quad and when making love my wife is always on top. She complains this hurts her legs and we don't make love very often. What if anything can we do to change this?
  • On 2 occasions in the last few months, my wife and I have made love in the middle of the night. Afterwards she has been upset and when ask why, she has informed me that I awoke here and was very persi ....
  • I have been trying to have intercouse with my boyfriend for the last six months. We are having a size problem, I guess you would call it. We have tried different positions, lubricants and everything ....
  • I have been a T12 para for only three months and have yet to get an erection. Can I achieve this with a vibrator? I¹ve read about a Ferti Care vibrator that claims to be for this exclusive use. ....
  • I have an online relationship with a man who has a T5-6 spinal cord injury. Although I have known him for many years, we didn't become involved intimately until we ran into each other a few months ago ....
  • A small study reported by New Mobility in Feb 1999 suggested that Viagra might enhance sexual arousal in women with spinal cord injury. Anything new on that subject?
  • My partner and I are in a monogamous relationship and have recently become sexually active. I¹ve been getting more frequent urinary tract infections and my girlfriend told me it was ....
  • I'm a quadriplegic, 24-year-old male and have never had sex. I get erections all the time but cannot relieve them myself because of my disability. They are getting longer, more frequ ....
  • I am an incomplete C5-6 quad, 26, male, injured nine years. I have no problem getting or maintaining an erection, with little or no stimulation, but the problem is that during interc ....
  • I am a second-year student of occupational therapy preparing for my internship. None of my courses covered sexuality and I am curious: When can an individual resume sexuality activit ....
  • I am a C6-7 incomplete quad with pretty good sensation and no trouble getting erections. The problem is, I can only ejaculate for about two days in a row, sometimes three. Then I mus ....
  • I have been a T12 para for only three months and have yet to get an erection. Can I achieve this with a vibrator? I¹ve read about a Ferti Care vibrator that claims to be for this exclusive use. ....
  • I am a male C5 quad, and I like to perform oral sex on my female partner. She enjoys this, but after prolonged stimulation of her clitoris, she says it gets numb and orgasm is harder to reach. S ....
  • True Connoisseur-ship I am a male C5 quad with limited post-injury experience who loves to satisfy a woman orally. Having said that, I am curious about whether to stick to oral stimulati ....
  • Losing Interest I've heard that before you have sex with someone after spinal cord injury it is best to masturbate first to find out what feels good. Well I've tried and I'm not getting ....
  • Awkward and Painful My partner wants me to perform oral sex on him and I am finding this difficult. I am a C4 quad without much trunk stability or strength in my arms so it is easie ....
  • I am a C 5-7 quad. Before my injury, my boyfriend frequently performed oral sex on me, which I enjoyed. Since my injury, we have not had oral sex because I am afraid of incontinence and am not s ....
  • I have been a T8 para for three years, and have begun a relationship that includes sex. I know I can get pregnant, but I don't know the best way to prevent it. Are there any birth control method ....
  • It seems that the majority of romantic relationships begin with physical attraction between two people. As a 25-year-old C4-5 quad in graduate school, it is difficult for me to get women to see ....
  • I am a 35-year-old male C6-7 quad (13 years), and started taking Baclofen four years ago for spasms. Before that, I had a healthy sex drive. Now my sex drive is none. I have an understanding wit ....
  • Divorce and Disability Are there any studies on divorce among couples in which one person has a disability? What's the main reason for divorce? Does sexual dysfunction play a role? Do people with ....
  • What is a good source for researching sexual positions for lovemaking between two disabled individuals--say two quads who function as high paras? I've read Enabling Romance and Sexual Options fo ....
  • I am ablebodied and four months into a relationship with a para who is numb from the chest down. How do paras experience the feelings from the solar plexus--the gut feelings of "gushing love," j ....
  • I am 36-year-old male C5-6 quad and I use injections to achieve erections. My wife is slightly overweight and the only position that works for us is with her on top and facing away. Even then we ....
  • Can She or Can't She? My girlfriend is a low quad, and I find it difficult to be as sexually intimate as I want to be because she has never told me what she can and can't do. How can I communica ....
  • I'm very attracted to a man with a spinal cord injury, but when we've tried to be intimate, I find that I'm very self-conscious because the focus is more on my pleasure than his. I'm used to the ....
  • My girlfriend--who is paraplegic--and I would like to try anal sex, but aren't sure if it will cause a bowel accident or whether it is safe for her because of her limited
  • I am a healthy 46 year old woman. My boyfriend is a 47 year old quad. We have been together for a year now. We hav ....
  • I have spina bifida. It is a lower bifida and I have full control of bowel and bladder and walk with aids. My right knee is fused so it will not bend. My left leg is flexible. My questions are, that I ....
  • What self esteem! I am a C5 incomplete quadraplegic who was raped buy a gay man.
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