London (PTI): Erectile dysfunction may hold early clue of a heart attack, warns an expert, who expressed concern that the risk was being ignored by doctors uncomfortable with the word 'erection'.
The warning by Geoffrey Hackett on the British Medical Journal Website suggested that erectile dysfunction gives a two to three year early clue of a heart attack.
However, the link between erectile dysfunction and the risk of heart disease is being ignored by doctors, writes Hackett from the Birmingham-based Good Hope Hospital in the UK.
Despite considerable evidence, erectile dysfunction is still treated as a recreational or "lifestyle issue" rather than a predictor of a serious health problem, says Hackett.
"Continuing to ignore these issues on the basis that cardiologists feel uncomfortable mentioning the word 'erection' to their patients or that they may have to deal with the management of a positive response, is no longer acceptable and possibly, based on current evidence, clinically negligent," Hackett stressed.
Hackett reports regularly seeing patients referred with erectile dysfunction after a heart attack, only to hear that they had developed erectile dysfunction two to three years before a warning sign ignored by their general practitioners.
It is well-known that erectile dysfunction (a symptom of vascular disease in the smaller arteries) doubles the risk of heart disease, a risk equivalent to being a moderate smoker or having an immediate family history of heart disease, the Science Daily online reported.
According to the report, erectile dysfunction in type 2 diabetes has been shown to be a better predictor of the risk of heart disease than high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Frequent sex ‘prevents erectile dysfunction’: Study
New York, July 3: Men who have sex at least thrice a week are less likely to develop erectile dysfunction later in life, a new study has revealed.
Researchers in Finland have carried out the study and found that frequent sexual intercourse helps protect men from becoming impotent as they age, which, in turn, impacts general health and quality of life.
“Regular sexual intercourse has an important role in preserving erectile function. Continued sexual activity decreases the incidence of erectile dysfunction in direct proportion to coital frequency,” said lead researcher Juha Koskimki of Tampere University Hospital.
In their study of 989 men aged 55 to 75 years, the researchers observed that the rate of erectile dysfunction is lower in those who had sexual intercourse more often with their partners, the ‘scienceDaily’ reported.
In fact the study found that men reporting intercourse less than once per week at baseline had twice the incidence of erectile dysfunction compared with those reporting intercourse once per week.
Further, the risk of erectile dysfunction was inversely related to the frequency of intercourse.
Other factors that may affect the incidence of ED, such as age, chronic medical conditions like diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and cerebrovascular disease, body mass index and smoking were included in the analysis.
Erectile dysfunction incidence was 79 cases per 1,000 in men who had reported sexual intercourse less than once per week, dropping to 32 cases per 1,000 in men reporting sex once per week and falling further to 16 per 1000 in those reporting intercourse three or more times per week, the study found.
In addition, the frequency of morning erections predicted the development of complete erectile dysfunction, with an approximate 2.5-fold risk among those with less than one morning erection per week compared with two to three morning erections per week.
Researchers in Finland have carried out the study and found that frequent sexual intercourse helps protect men from becoming impotent as they age, which, in turn, impacts general health and quality of life.
“Regular sexual intercourse has an important role in preserving erectile function. Continued sexual activity decreases the incidence of erectile dysfunction in direct proportion to coital frequency,” said lead researcher Juha Koskimki of Tampere University Hospital.
In their study of 989 men aged 55 to 75 years, the researchers observed that the rate of erectile dysfunction is lower in those who had sexual intercourse more often with their partners, the ‘scienceDaily’ reported.
In fact the study found that men reporting intercourse less than once per week at baseline had twice the incidence of erectile dysfunction compared with those reporting intercourse once per week.
Further, the risk of erectile dysfunction was inversely related to the frequency of intercourse.
Other factors that may affect the incidence of ED, such as age, chronic medical conditions like diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and cerebrovascular disease, body mass index and smoking were included in the analysis.
Erectile dysfunction incidence was 79 cases per 1,000 in men who had reported sexual intercourse less than once per week, dropping to 32 cases per 1,000 in men reporting sex once per week and falling further to 16 per 1000 in those reporting intercourse three or more times per week, the study found.
In addition, the frequency of morning erections predicted the development of complete erectile dysfunction, with an approximate 2.5-fold risk among those with less than one morning erection per week compared with two to three morning erections per week.
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