Erectile Dysfunction Disorders Research Articles

Investigating the Rate of Sexual Disorders in Men With a Recent COVID-19 Infection Referred to the Tadbir Clinic in Urmia

Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic has had destructive social, psychological, and economic effects worldwide. Various studies reported a decrease in male sexual potency during the covid-19 pandemic and an increase in patients with erectile dysfunction disorders. The present study seeks to determine the rate of sexual disorders in men with a recent history of COVID-19. Methods The present study adopted a prospective design. The study population included patients referred to the lung and urology clinic at Tadbir Clinic in Urmia City in the previous two months, from 2020 to 2021, with recent complaints of impotence or its exacerbation. The International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) questionnaire was administered to the patients to collect data regarding their sexual activity. Based on the scores obtained from the questionnaire, the patients were divided into three groups: those without disorders, those with mild to moderate disorders, and those with moderate to severe disorders. Results The mean sexual score in patients was 15.68 ± 6.06. While 17.4% of the patients did not have erectile dysfunction, 82.6% had some degree of erectile dysfunction. The prevalence of erectile dysfunction among patients hospitalized in the ICU was significantly higher than among those hospitalized in the ward. Patients with a history of hospitalization had a lower average sex score than those without a history of hospitalization. Conclusion The rate of sexual dysfunction in patients with a history of hospitalization in the ward and ICU was higher. Moreover, patients who had been hospitalized in the ICU were more likely to develop sexual dysfunction than those who had been hospitalized in the ward. This study found that Covid-19 had a significant impact on male sexual health.

Study of Efficiency of Dietary Additive Libedor in Men with Erectile Dysfunction

The article presents the experience of using dietary supplement Libedor for the correction of patients with erectile dysfunction disorders. Libedor demonstrated a fairly high efficiency (84,4%) with a single use in patients with erectile dysfunction. Libedor is well tolerated and does not cause serious side effects.

The Role of Medical Language in Changing Public Perceptions of Illness

This study was designed to investigate the impact of medical terminology on perceptions of disease. Specifically, we look at the changing public perceptions of newly medicalized disorders with accompanying newly medicalized terms (e.g. impotence has become erectile dysfunction disorder). Does using “medicalese” to label a recently medicalized disorder lead to a change in the perception of that condition? Undergraduate students (n = 52) rated either the medical or lay label for recently medicalized disorders (such as erectile dysfunction disorder vs. impotence) and established medical conditions (such as a myocardial infarction vs. heart attack) for their perceived seriousness, disease representativeness and prevalence. Students considered the medical label of the recently medicalized disease to be more serious (mean = 4.95 (SE = .27) vs. mean = 3.77 (SE = .24) on a ten point scale), more representative of a disease (mean = 2.47 (SE = .09) vs. mean = 1.83 (SE = .09) on a four point scale), and have lower prevalence (mean = 68 (SE = 12.6) vs. mean = 122 (SE = 18.1) out of 1,000) than the same disease described using common language. A similar pattern was not seen in the established medical conditions, even when controlled for severity. This study demonstrates that the use of medical language in communication can induce bias in perception; a simple switch in terminology results in a disease being perceived as more serious, more likely to be a disease, and more likely to be a rare condition. These findings regarding the conceptualization of disease have implications for many areas, including medical communication with the public, advertising, and public policy.

Traditional herbal remedies used in the management of sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction in western Uganda.

The utilisation of ethnobotanical indigenous knowledge is vital in male sexual reproductive health care delivery in western Uganda. Reproductive health care is the second most prevalent health care problem in Africa. However, this concept of reproductive health care has been focusing mainly on women disregarding men. Thus, some diseases such as sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction that deserve mention are regarded as petty though important in economic productivity, family stability and sexually transmitted diseases control including HIV/AIDS. This study was carried out mainly to document medicinal plants used in the treatment of sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction disorders in western Uganda. The medical ethnobotanical indigenous knowledge were collected by visiting traditional healers and documenting the medicinal plants used and other socio-cultural aspects allied with sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction. The methods used to collect the relevant information regarding the medicinal plants used included informal and formal discussions, field visits and focused semi-structured interviews. Thirty-three medicinal plants used in the management of sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction were documented and Citropsis articulata and Cola acuminata were among the highly utilized medicinal plants. From the researchers' point of view, the usage of herbal remedies in managing male sexual disorders is useful because of long cultural history of utilisation and the current renewed interest in natural products to sustain health globally. As a way recognising the values and roles of traditional medical knowledge in health care provision, further research into the efficacy and safety of herbal remedies in male sexual disorders is precious in Uganda and beyond. More so, the establishment of rapport between relevant government department in Ministry of Health, modern health workers through collaborative and networking ventures with traditional healers under close supervision and monitoring of herbal treatments is noble.