Even relatively young people experience sexual weakness - medical statistics show that 39% of men after 40 years are treated for impotence, and after 50 years - already 69%. However, it is worth mentioning that a significant part of those who "discovered" erectile dysfunction actually needed a real rest and revision of the usual, but unhealthy lifestyle. It must be taken into account that there is no standard for potency, and if someone can and wants tohas 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 couple relationships. Statistics 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 pubescent males is from three times a day to once a month;
- at the age of 30-45, sex once a week does not mean weakened potency - only if it occurs less often, doctors suggest a deviation from the norm;
- guys under 30 make love three times a week, men aged 30-60 - from two to three, after 60 - three times a month;
- Impotence caused by psychological reasons is registered only in every fifth case, and most often the cause lies in poor physical health.
Signs of potency deviation from the norm
Let's look at 5 different cases of potency disorders in order to understand which external signs indicate simple fatigue and stress, and which signal serious disorders in the body.
There are practically no spontaneous erections, as well as psychogenic (from thoughts) and reflex (from touch), the penis stopped "getting up" in the morning.
Vascular pathologies are most likely 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 worsens vascular problems: the arteries of the smoker's penis are cut in half, which means that the erection will be half as weak.
How to help yourself: If you don't feel well, you need to measure your blood pressure, and if you notice changes, contact your doctor immediately. It is worth changing your diet, minimizing fatty meat and fast carbohydrates (sugar and products containing it), and definitely stop smoking. If you cannot stop smoking on your own, you should consult a psychotherapist or first use a replacement therapy, for example, a nicotine patch. In case of venous blood outflow, doctors often prescribe resection (removal) of the dorsal vein through which the leakage occurs.Spontaneous and morning erections are fine, but during caressing they do not occur or disappear at the first frictions.
This appears to be a typical case of psychogenic ED associated with self-doubt, anxious anticipation of failure, or fear of partner displeasure. Potency is also disturbed due to constant overload and insufficient sleep.
Problem solution: you need to give your body a rest. Do not believe that great people slept 4 hours a day and that their quality of life did not suffer. It is unlikely that you are solving global problems that are 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. Arguments and negativity in relationships with a girl also affect potency, so it is better to limit communication that does not bring joy and satisfaction.Attraction appears less and less, and to achieve an erection, you have to make an effort.
There is a lack of male sex hormones - androgens, mainly testosterone. It also happens due to age and obesity, excessive use of alcohol or anabolic steroids. Many athletes, in search of the highest results, are deprived of normal potency; Anabolic steroids act similarly to testosterone, and their use causes 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 it without the help of chemical "crutches", that is, drugs for rapid fat burning and gaining muscle mass. A great solution would be to see 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 equivalent to 30 ml of pure alcohol.The attraction is there, but the erection comes on slowly and disappears quickly.
Nerve conduction appears to be impaired; This happens in diabetes, radiculitis or after spinal injuries, when the areas of the spinal cord through which the sexual arousal signal travels from the brain to the penis are 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 vibrations, the excitement that arises in them is transmitted to the cavernous nerves of the penis, so even in severe cases it is possible to bring the organ into an excited state.Erection weakens, painful pain appeared in the lower abdomen, urination occurs often and in small portions.
Signs very similar to the onset of prostatitis. Although the arousal mechanism itself is not impaired, due to poor health, sex simply takes a back seat. Otherwise, the beginning of the development of prostatitis is often indicated by unusually fast ejaculation. However, similar symptoms may also indicate a sexually transmitted infection.
what to do: visit a urologist, examine your prostate and get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. You should not delay a visit to the doctor: sexually transmitted infections cause the development of prostatitis, and in an advanced form, the prostate tissue changes irreversibly, which can lead to incurable impotence. In the early stages, inflammation of the prostate can be successfully and almost painlessly treated.
For all mentioned types of potency disorders, a healthy lifestyle and regular 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 frequent they are, the more hormones are released into the blood, and vice versa - the less frequent sex, the less androgens that a man needs so much. are produced.