Men Have Low Awareness of Erectile Dysfunction and Its Effects, Study Shows

A new survey conducted on 1,000 men aged over 40 reveals that just over ten per cent of men in their early 40s are aware that erectile dysfunction strikes regularly in the fourth decade even though evidences suggests that 40% of men aged 40 or over have some form of the condition.

The study, commissioned by Eli Lilly and Company Limited (Lilly UK) as part of a new erectile awareness campaign, also showed that most men are not aware that erections problems could be a warning sign of even serious conditions such as heart diseases and cancer.

This just justified that most men don't worry too much about their health, especially their sexual health, unless they can already see symptoms of long-term medical conditions.

Further, the survey shows that less than one fifth of men have visited their GP in the last 12 months, and that men in their 40s are likely to put off visits to their GP until they consider their symptoms to be long-term or worsening. But these men can be optimistic about finding a solution; 95% of ED cases can now be treated by the health care professional once reported.

The survey was commissioned as part of the new ED disease awareness campaign 40over40, from Lilly UK, which has been designed to educate men on the causes of ED and who it affects, and encourage them to seek help.

Work-related Stress Can Trigger Erectile Dysfunction

A new study has shown that one in every ten men experience erectile dysfunction as a result of work-related stress. The same study also revealed that one in five men suffer a loss of sexual libido. This suggests that 90% of men have shown at least one clinical feature of stress due to work but only 54% know that stress from work may be the cause of their sexual condition.

Stress, either from work or at home, is known as one of the common cause of ED because it is associated with low testosterone levels.

Unfortunately, only 44% of men with this condition won't go to their doctors for consultation. The majority of those who do consult professional help in dealing with this problem only do so after 17 months of their first symptom.

One of the researchers who conducted the study said that work-place stress clearly has a strong impact on the incidence of erectile dysfunction in men. Men should think about the underlying cause of their ED, including how to combat their stress levels; not staying too late at work, a balanced and healthy diet, and regular exercise.

Study Shows More Men Are Using Viagra Without Prescription

A survey presented at San Francisco during the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society revealed that more and more men are using Viagra and other male-enhancement drugs to cure their sexual disorders without any proper prescription. The initial findings of the study showed that 6 per cent of the respondents reported using ED drugs without consulting a professional medical practitioner. Most of them admitted of getting their drugs from friends, peers and other non-medical sources, including the Internet.

The study involved 234 men aged 18-25 years old and are all, at some point in their lives, had experienced erection problems. Thirteen per cent of the respondents admitted of having difficulty getting and maintaining an erection, while 25 per cent reported that they have lost their erection while putting a condom.

This study just seemed to further manifest the fact that most men are scared or embarrassed in having a condition as such. Many studies have been done and stated that erectile dysfunction is one of the most common disorder among men, and it is also one of the least likely to be treated because of its very personal nature. Most men don't even want to talk to their loved ones, much less to doctors about their problems. This, in turn, have boosted the male-enhancement pill industry over the Internet because drugs are readily available without any contact whatsoever.

But the most shocking part of the study is the fact that men are still very ignorant when it comes to this problem. The study revealed that 29 per cent of the men who admitted to have been using ED drugs really don't have any problems at all, and they said that they are only using these products to "enhance their sexual performance." Nearly two-thirds of those who used ED drugs also reported mixing the drugs with other drugs such as alcohol, marijuana, GHB, methamphetamine and cocaine. The report stated that because of this misinformation that they will have better sexual performance, these malpractice just "permits men in altered states to have risky sex, potentially contributing to unwanted pregnancies and spread of sexually-transmitted diseases."


That is why the researchers advises health care workers to start the conversation about erectile dysfunction and give people better understanding about this disorder and all the possible treatment for it.