Traditionally considered the bane of aging men, erectile dysfunction
(ED) is surprisingly common in younger men as well, the authors of a new
study report.
Of 439 men visiting a sexual medicine outpatient clinic complaining
of new-onset ED, 114 (26%) were 40 years old or younger, lead author
Paolo Capogrosso, MD, from the Department of Urology, University
Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, and colleagues write in an
article published online May 7 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Moreover, the rate of severe ED was similar in younger and older men,
and scores on the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) also
were similar between the age groups. "Therefore, the observation as a
whole appeared to us as a worrisome picture from the everyday clinical
practice," the authors write.
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