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What Is Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence)?
Impotence is a consistent inability to sustain
an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse. Medical professionals often
use the term "erectile dysfunction" to describe this disorder and to differentiate
it from other problems that interfere with sexual intercourse, such as
lack of sexual desire and problems with ejaculation and orgasm.
Impotence can be a total inability to achieve erection, an inconsistent
ability to do so, or a tendency to sustain only brief erections. These
variations make defining impotence and estimating its incidence difficult.
Experts believe impotence affects between 10 and 15 million American men.
Erectile Dysfunction (impotence) usually has a physical cause, such as
disease, injury, or drug side-effects. Any disorder that impairs blood
flow in the penis has the potential to cause impotency. Incidence rises
with age: about 5 percent of men at the age of 40 and between 15 and 25
percent of men at the age of 65 experience impotence. It does not have
to be an inevitable part of aging though.
Impotence is treatable in all age groups, and awareness of this fact has
been growing. More men have been seeking help for sexual dysfunction and
returning to near-normal sexual activity because of improved, successful
impotency treatments. Urologists, who specialize in problems of the urinary
tract, have traditionally treated impotence, especially complications
of impotence.
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