Even relatively young people experience sexual impotence - medical statistics show that 39% of men after the age of 40 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 needed proper rest and a revision of their usual but unhealthy lifestyle. It should be borne in mind 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 composition.
In addition, sexual activity is affected by age, temperament, lifestyle and relationships in a couple. Statistical data show a wide range in terms of the rules of numerical indicators in the intimate life of different people. Let me give you some of them:
- the approximate frequency of sexual contacts among boys in adolescence is from three times a day to once a month.
- at ages 30-45, sex once a week does not mean weakened potency - only if it occurs less often, doctors suggest a deviation from the norm.
- men under 30 make love three times a week, men 30-60 years old - from two to three, after 60 - three times a month.
- Disability caused by psychological reasons is recorded only in every fifth case; most often its cause lies in poor physical health.
Signs of power deviation from the norm
Let's look at 5 different cases of power disorders to understand which external signs indicate ordinary fatigue and stress and what signal 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 responsible: atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease. Venous disorders are possible: often erectile blood simply does not stay in the penis during erection, but leaves it immediately through the dorsal vein.
Smoking worsens vascular problems: the arteries to a smoker's penis are half narrowed, which means that an erection will be half as weak.
How to help yourself: If you feel unwell, you should measure your blood pressure, and if you notice changes in it, consult a doctor immediately. It is worth changing your diet, minimizing fatty meats and fast carbohydrates (sugar and products containing it) and make sure to stop smoking. If you cannot quit smoking on your own, you should consult a psychotherapist or initially use replacement therapy, for example, a nicotine patch. With venous bleeding, doctors often prescribe resection (removal) of the spinal vein through which the leakage occurs.Spontaneous and morning erections are fine, but during stroking they do not appear or disappear with the first frictions.
This looks like a typical case of psychogenic SD associated with self-doubt, anxious anticipation of failure, or fear of not satisfying a partner. Power is also reduced due to constant overwork and insufficient sleep.
Solution to the problem: you need to rest your body. Don't think that big people slept 4 hours a day and their quality of life didn't suffer because of it. You are unlikely to solve global problems for which it is worth neglecting your health and physical needs. Sleeping 7-8 hours a day allows the body to recover and produce the necessary amount of testosterone for full sex. Quarrels and negativity in relationships with a girl also affect strength, so it is better to limit communication that does not bring joy and pleasure.The attraction occurs less and less often and to achieve an erection, you have to make an effort.
There is a lack of male sex hormones - androgens, mainly testosterone. This happens both due to age and obesity, excessive use of alcohol or anabolic steroids. Many athletes, in pursuit of the highest results, are deprived of physiological strength. 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 should do this 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 tests 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 comes on slowly and disappears quickly.
It seems that nerve conduction is disturbed. 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 have been affected.
How to increase power: visit an andrologist and neurologist, get rid of radiculitis, carry out auxiliary treatment using vibration stimulation. The receptors of the head of the penis are very sensitive to vibrations, the stimulation arising 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 weakens, annoying pain in the lower abdomen has appeared, urination occurs often and in small portions.
Signs very similar to the onset of prostatitis. Although the arousal mechanism itself is not weakened, 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: see a urologist, get your prostate checked and tested for STDs. You should not postpone visiting a doctor: sexually transmitted infections cause the development of prostatitis, and in its advanced form, the prostate tissue changes irreversibly, which can lead to the appearance of incurable impotence. In the initial stages, inflammation of the prostate gland can be treated successfully and almost painlessly.
For all mentioned types of potency disorders, a healthy lifestyle and regular high-quality sex will be a good help in its recovery. The level of testosterone in the blood depends on the frequency of intimate contacts - the more frequent, the more hormone is released into the blood, and vice versa - the less often sex, the less androgens that are so necessary for a man are produced.