Even relatively young people experience sexual weakness - medical statistics show that 39% of men after 40 years of age were treated for impotence, and after 50 - already 69%. However, it is worth mentioning that a significant portion of those who "discovered" erectile dysfunction actually just needed proper rest and a revision of their usual but unhealthy lifestyle. It must be taken into account that there is no standard for potency, and if someone can and wants to have sex three times a day, then for others once a week is enough. It all depends on the sexual constitution.
In addition, sexual activity is influenced by age, temperament, lifestyle and relationships in a couple. Statistical data show a wide range in terms of the norms of numerical indicators in the intimate lives of different people. Let me give you some of them:
- the approximate frequency of sexual contacts among men of puberty is from three times a day to once a month;
- in 30-45 year olds, sex once a week does not mean weakened potency - only if it occurs less frequently, doctors suggest a deviation from the norm;
- guys under 30 make love three times a week, men 30-60 years old - from two to three, after 60 - three times a month;
- impotence caused by psychological reasons is registered only in every fifth case; most often its cause lies in poor physical health.
Signs of potency deviation from the norm
Let's look at 5 different cases of potency disorders to understand what external signs indicate ordinary fatigue and stress, and what signals serious disorders in the body.
There is practically no spontaneous erection, as well as psychogenic (from thoughts) and reflex (from touches), the penis has stopped "getting up" in the morning.
Most likely, vascular pathologies are to blame: atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease. Venous disorders are possible: often erectile blood simply does not stay in the erect penis, but immediately leaves it through the dorsal vein.
Smoking aggravates vascular problems: the arteries of the penis of a smoker are narrowed by half, which means that the erection will be half as weak.
How to help yourself:If you feel unwell, you need to measure your blood pressure, and if you notice changes in it, immediately consult a doctor. It is worth changing your diet, minimizing fatty meats and fast carbohydrates (sugar and products containing it), and be sure to quit smoking. If you cannot quit smoking on your own, you should consult a psychotherapist or use replacement therapy at first, for example, a nicotine patch. With venous outflow of blood, doctors often prescribe resection (removal) of the dorsal vein through which the leak occurs.
Spontaneous and morning erections are fine, but during petting they do not occur or disappear at the first frictions.
This looks like a typical case of psychogenic ED associated with self-doubt, anxious anticipation of failure, or fear of not satisfying a partner. Potency is also impaired due to constant overwork and insufficient sleep.
Solution to the problem:you need to give your body rest. Don't believe that great people slept 4 hours a day and their quality of life did not suffer from it. It is unlikely that you are solving global problems for which it is worth neglecting your health and natural needs. Sleeping 7-8 hours a day allows the body to recover and produce the amount of testosterone necessary for full sex. Quarrels and negativity in relationships with a girl also affect potency, so it is better to limit communication that does not bring joy and pleasure.
Attraction appears less and less often, and to achieve an erection, you need to make an effort.
There is a lack of male sex hormones - androgens, mainly testosterone. This happens both due to old age and obesity, excessive use of alcohol or anabolic steroids. Many athletes, in pursuit of the highest results, are deprived of normal potency; Anabolic steroids act similarly to testosterone, and their use provokes a decrease in the production of this hormone in the body. In essence, taking anabolic steroids is chemical castration.
How to get your libido back:get rid of excess weight, but you will have to do this without the help of chemical "crutches, " that is, drugs for quickly burning fat and gaining muscle mass. An excellent solution would be to visit an endocrinologist for testing instead of blindly trying to change your hormonal balance. Do not forget that the maximum safe dose of alcohol per day is the equivalent of 30 ml of pure alcohol.
The attraction is present, but the erection appears slowly and disappears quickly.
It appears that nerve conduction is disrupted; This happens with diabetes, radiculitis, or after spinal injuries, when areas of the spinal cord through which the signal of sexual arousal travels from the brain to the penis were affected.
How to increase potency:visit an andrologist and neurologist, get rid of radiculitis, carry out auxiliary therapy using vibration stimulation. The receptors of the head of the penis are very sensitive to vibration, the excitation that arises in them is transmitted to the cavernous nerves of the penis, and it is possible to bring the organ into an excited state even in difficult cases.
The erection is weakening, nagging pain in the lower abdomen has appeared, urination occurs frequently and in small portions.
Signs very similar to the onset of prostatitis. Although the mechanism of arousal itself is not impaired, due to poor health, sex simply fades into the background. By the way, the beginning of the development of prostatitis is often indicated by unusually rapid ejaculation. However, similar symptoms may also indicate a sexually transmitted infection.
What to do:visit a urologist, examine the prostate and get tested for STDs. You should not put off visiting a doctor: sexually transmitted infections provoke the development of prostatitis, and in its advanced form, the prostate tissue changes irreversibly, which can lead to the onset of incurable impotence. In the early stages, inflammation of the prostate gland can be treated successfully and almost painlessly.
For all of the listed types of potency disorders, a healthy lifestyle and regular high-quality sex will be a good help for its restoration. The level of testosterone in the blood depends on the frequency of intimate contacts - the more often they are, the more hormone is released into the blood, and vice versa - the less often the sex, the less androgens that are so necessary for a man are produced.