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The relationship between sexual dysfunction and sleep disorders is a highly relevant topic for research and for the clinician. While additional research is needed to elucidate the mechanisms by which sleep disorders cause sexual dysfunction, there is evidence that ED can be a consequence of several sleep disorders. We suggest that andrologists, urologists, and other physicians at clinic consider sleep disorders when they see patients with sexual dysfunction, especially given the fact that many sleep disorders are underdiagnosed. There are brief questionnaires that can help determine whether the patient is likely to have one of the common sleep disorders, and these can help in the diagnosis. If the patient is presumed to have a sleep disorder, referral to sleep medicine specialists should be considered to improve modifiable risk factors of ED.