The potency in a man includes such important characteristics as: the degree of tension of the penis, the speed at which an erection appears, the course of sexual intercourse itself and its duration.
It is known that at all times the ability to leave offspring and be the father of a family was considered one of the most significant opportunities that nature offered to man.
Low potency can be the result not only of psychological disorders, but also of various diseases.
The concept of norm. Sexual abilities of a man.
It should be noted that in sexology the quantitative characteristics of the "male" strength components have not been determined. It is impossible to say exactly the "exact" limits of the duration of sexual intercourse, the "normal" limits of the size of the penis and a certain number of copulatory frictions. It is observed that the average duration of a sexual intercourse is 2. 5 minutes, and the total number of frictions during intercourse is equal to 50-60. However, these are not indicators of the norm, since in some men sexual intercourse lasts 30-40 minutes, reaching 300 or more frictions.
Good potency is characterized by the following criteria:
- Strong drive and desire for sex.
- Strong and full erections that promote ejaculation and orgasm.
How to restore and maintain male strength?
To prevent the development of erectile dysfunction, you need:
- Lead a healthy lifestyle, eat properly and regularly, play sports, take care of your health.
- Don't smoke, abuse alcohol, and don't use drugs.
- Do not use drugs that can cause erectile dysfunction, or use them strictly according to the doctor's prescription and coordinate the appointment with the instructions for their use.
- Have a regular sex life, without long periods of abstinence and sexual excesses.
- Be sure to see a urologist if you have an injury to the pelvic area, the perineum, if you are going to have an operation on your small pelvis, if you have diabetes or hypertension.
Potency is the body's ability to have sex. In sexology, the term potency generally refers to male sexuality. Therefore, potency determines a man's sexual capabilities and, to some extent, is characterized by the tension of the penis, the speed of the appearance of an erection, the duration of sexual intercourse and its normal course, and in a sense broad: the same ability to have a normal sex life. A man's potential cannot be identified with the rhythm of his sexual activity, since a man's sexual abilities may not correlate with the frequency of his sexual acts. Also, in no case should you be identified with the intensity of his sexual desire, which, in some forms of erectile dysfunction, not only does not weaken, but, on the contrary, can increase.
With regard to women, the concept of "potency" is almost never used and its definition is not unequivocally formulated.
A healthy man retains the ability to have full intercourse until death and, unlike a woman, male menopause has purely pathological causes.
A constant inability to perform full-blown sex can be a sign of one of the forms of impotence.
Erectile dysfunction, or impotence, is a disorder of sexual function, as a result of which a man cannot achieve an increase in the volume of the penis, its hardening and straightening, as well as maintain an erection of the penis long enough for a sufficient duration of sexual intercourse in its entirety. This is one of the sexual dysfunctions seen in men.
Medical symptoms
Erectile dysfunction is a persistent inability of a man to complete sexual intercourse completely. The absence of any component determines the impossibility of conducting a full-blown sexual intercourse and gradually leads to a violation of the remaining components. Most of the time this is due to erectile dysfunction or ejaculation.
In general, disorders of sexual function are not independent diseases, but exist and develop as comorbidities. So, erectile dysfunction can occur with endocrine disorders, such as diabetes and hypogonadism, or be associated with various urological diseases, lesions located in the cerebral cortex of the centers of regulation of sexual functions. Erectile dysfunction caused by these reasons is classified as organic.
In many cases, erectile dysfunction is associated with neuropsychiatric disorders. This is the so-called psychogenic erectile dysfunction.
There is psychological, organic and mixed erectile dysfunction. If before various psychological problems were considered the main cause of its appearance, now this opinion has changed. Erectile dysfunction has been shown to be organic in 80% of cases and arises as a complication of various somatic diseases.
The signs of psychogenic erectile dysfunction are:
- Sudden onset of the disease.
- Having relationship problems.
- The presence of spontaneous nocturnal erections.
- Erection problems are sporadic.
- Restore a normal erection after removing an external problem.
If erectile dysfunction is caused by organic causes, it is usually accompanied by the following symptoms:
- Gradual onset of the disease.
- Lack of spontaneous nocturnal erections.
- Normal libido and ejaculation.
- Systematic erectile dysfunction
For most people, sexual intercourse is a very sensitive subject, which is why men with erectile dysfunction tend to explain the problem by external factors, often trying to hide it entirely. Despite the fact that in 95% of cases, erectile dysfunction is curable with medication, only 10% of men who have difficulties with potency seek medical attention.
The sexual partner can help a man overcome the psychological barrier, but only a doctor can determine effective treatment methods.
erectile dysfunction
The diagnosis of erectile dysfunction is usually made when a man is unable to maintain an erection in more than 25% of the sexual intercourse that he attempts. According to research, more than 150 million men over 40 years of age suffer from this disorder worldwide.
Clinical diagnosis
To determine the causes of erectile dysfunction, it is necessary to conduct diagnostics to exclude or confirm such serious diseases as diabetes mellitus, hypogonadism, prolactinoma.
Treatment options for erectile dysfunction depend on the cause. All methods of treating impotence are divided into conservative and operational.
Conservative methods of treating impotence include drug therapy or the use of vacuum design devices.
Surgical treatment of impotence has been used less and less due to the high efficacy of drug therapy. Surgical methods are used in extreme cases when conservative treatment does not give the desired results and for certain indications.
In any case, if problems with potency arise, it is necessary to seek qualified medical help without prejudice and doubts, since often more serious pathological conditions are the basis of sexual dysfunctions.