Sexual Dysfunction in the Older Man

Getting older, a man may experience health problems. He may have urinary symptoms like frequency, urgency and nocturia (having to up at night to pee). His prostate may increase in size and impinge on his stream of urine. And he may also have erectile dysfunction. All these problems are connected with each other and they become even worse with the course of time. Thus, researchers think it difficult to separate the cause and effect.

To find out the kind of relations between urinary symptoms and sexual dysfunction in men a group of about 2,000 men at the age of 40 to over 70 was questioned as far as their sexual drive, erectile function, ejaculatory function, and sexual satisfaction are concerned. The researchers found that the strongest association observed is between overall lower urinary tract symptom severity and ejaculatory function.

The conclusion was made that this finding may make some sense because urination and ejaculation depend on the same channel in men. New Clue to Sexual Dysfunction in Older Men.

It was stated that there may be an interrelation between lower urinary tract symptoms and sexual dysfunction in older men. This research suggests that there may be a common cause for these two diseases and scientists can find out an effective treatment for them both some day. A group of 2,115 men, aged 40 to 79, was studied and it was found out that lower urinary tract symptoms are strongly associated with sexual dysfunction included a feeling of urgency to urinate, having to get up many times each night, a weak urine stream, and straining to start urinating.

These urinary tract symptoms were associated with difficulty getting or maintaining erections and feelings of problems with sexual function and satisfaction.
These urinary tract symptoms become common with the course of time, because men grow older and their prostates enlarges (restricting urine flow or altering bladder habits).According to statistics, about 100 million men at the age of 65 and older all over the world have problems with erectile dysfunction.