About 90 percent of Taiwanese men with signs of erectile dysfunction (ED) do not seek medical care, despite nearly 45 percent reporting that a decline in early morning erections has damaged their sexual confidence, a survey released yesterday by the Taiwan Society for Andrology and Sexual Medicine showed.
The poll was conducted as the association found that clinically, the rate of men younger than 40 seeking medical help regarding erectile dysfunction increased by 20 to 25 percent.
The modern male is prone to slipping into a vicious cycle: The more anxious they are about their performance, the worse they perform due to stress, association director-general Tsai Wei-kung (蔡維恭) said, citing the poll, which found that 55 percent of those polled in the 22-to-39 age bracket said they do not want to be flaccid at critical moments.
Photo: Hou Chia-yu, Taipei Times
Another 40 percent of respondents said their sex life takes second place due to work, raising children or other life events, and they find it hard to maintain or obtain erections, the poll found.
More than 50 percent of those who were 40 or older said they were worried that their erections would not continue throughout the entirety of intercourse, or until their partners experience sexual satisfaction, it found.
Middle-aged men are more concerned about the quality of their sex life and the feelings of their partners, the results showed.
Sixty percent of respondents said they were worried that taking potency pills long-term would make them addicted, the poll found.
About 60 percent of respondents said they thought that long-acting drugs meant that they would have an erection for an extended period, showing that a significant portion of the public was misinformed about erectile dysfunction treatments, Tsai said.
Erectile dysfunction is mainly treated through PDE5 drugs, which have short and long-acting types, Tsai said, adding that short-acting drugs require preplanning and would be more affected by oily foods and alcohol than long-acting ones.
Tsai cited research as showing that 78 percent of men regained their morning erections after undergoing treatments.
Association secretary-general Chang Yi-kai (張奕凱) said that morning erections are an important index of male health, adding that if the rates or hardness of morning erections have gone down, it could be due to hypertension, diabetes, heart issues or testosterone deficiency syndrome.
Stress and a lack of sleep affects how often one has morning erections, Chang said.
About 45 percent of respondents did not know that morning erections were an assessment index for sexual functions, and many thought that erectile dysfunctions were simply due to mental issues or because one had reached a certain age, he added.
Additional reporting by CNA
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