Sexuality in old age

uma discussão da Aids, envelhecimento e medicamentos para disfunção erétil

Abstract

Recent trends of the AIDS epidemic have been placing a new age group in evidence of the discussion about vulnerability: the elderly. With the increasing populational aging, many investments have been made to improve the quality of life of such age group; in which the population is starting to live life in its fullness, with increased social relationships and also, why not, sexual relationships - once sexual desire does not end when the peo­ ple get older. The marketing of medicines for erectile dysfunction in 1998 in Brazil has brought the necessity to discuss their impact in a part of the Brazilian population which is increasing intensively - the one that did not have the habit of dealing with preventive methods decades ago. Thus, this paper aims to present a review of current scientific literature, approaching the issues of sexuality in the old age, the medicines for erectile dysfunction and the increasing of cases of AIDS among the elderly people.