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Male impotence facts

It's a fact! A certain percentage of the UK population will suffer from male impotence at some point during their lives.

The condition referred to as male impotence ios also medically referred to as erectile dysfunction and it has many different causes and cures.

The symptoms of male impotence are the persistent or recurrent inability to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for the completion of sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, despite an unaffected desire for sex.

Male impotence is a very different, although related, condition to sterility, which is defined as the inability to produce sperm adequate for reproduction.

Some facts about male impotence :

Male impotence effects younger and older men alike. it also varies in severity from those with a total inability to sustain an erection, to those who suffer an inconsistent ability to attain erections. There is also a middle ground where some men suffer from only brief erections.

Impotence can occur at any age, although it is less common in younger men. It does however occur more frequently as men become older. By the age of 45 most men have experienced some form of erectile dysfunction.

Impotence can result from a complete range of factors. Psychological factors such as performance anxiety, Sociological factors such as negative sexual attitudes and Medical / Physical causes like poor circulation.

Although most men will experience impotence a few times during their life, if it persistently reoccurs then medical advice should be sought. Treatment that follows will depend on the underlying cause.

So in summary, in this section we are looking at the underlying facts that surround the condition of Erectile Dysfunction. Simple causes and symptoms through to defining the physiological and psychological differences that may cause this condition to surface in otherwise healthy men.