Is Age Really Related to ED? (fact or fiction)Most medical scientists believe that ED becomes more common as men age. Studies have certainly backed up this perception.

But one of the biggest problems with studies is the fact that they rely on men’s honesty to accurately self-report their ED. Some men may hide it; others may report it when it is not actually present.

To get to the heart of the age/ED relationship, scientists need to know more about onset and other concurrent conditions to separate myth form reality.

To obtain some sense of the age profile of the people who have ED in the general American population, scientists decided they would consult all the electronic medical and insurance databases to which they could obtain access. They published their study in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

They wanted to answer two questions:

1) Are older men more likely to have been diagnosed or treated for ED than younger men?

2) If men with other conditions that cause ED are excluded from the analysis, are older men still more likely to have been diagnosed or treated for ED than younger men?

Their analysis answered both these questions with a solid “yes.”

The average age of men with ED diagnosis or treatment was 55.2 years.

Between ages 18 and 29, only 0.4% of men were diagnosed. By the time men reached 60-69, the diagnosis rate had shot up to 11.5%.

Only 4.6% of men in their 80s obtained diagnoses, dropping further to 0.9% in their 90s.

When men with high blood pressure, other cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, and benign prostatic hyperplasia were excluded, older men were still more likely to seek diagnoses than younger men were.

Therefore, up to men’s seventh decade, ED and age seem to be strongly related.

Since many men with ED may not seek diagnoses, though, the validity of this assumption is dubious.

That is why these scientists do not claim their study can show that age actually causes ED.

And that’s where I agree. Age does not equal erectile dysfunction. It’s not a normal part of aging. How can I make such a bold claim?

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