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Prostate biopsy is not the most pleasant procedure ever invented, but it is still used sometimes to check for prostate cancer.<\/p>\nProstate biopsy is not the most pleasant procedure ever invented, but it is still used sometimes to check for prostate cancer.<\/p>\n
Many men resist it because they’re worried about ED.<\/p>\n
So, researchers at King’s College London recently decided to investigate this issue and published their study review in the Journal of Urology<\/em>.<\/p>\n To answer this question, they searched through medical research databases and identified the seven strongest studies that tested their participants’ sexual performance before the biopsy and again at several additional intervals.<\/p>\n All of these studies asked their participants to complete the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) questionnaire, which assigns a score based on one\u2019s ability to develop and maintain an erection throughout a sexual activity that is sufficient to allow a pleasurable sexual experience. <\/p>\n A score between 22 and 25 means that no erectile dysfunction is present, while erectile dysfunction cases can be divided into mild, moderate, and severe as the score goes down.<\/p>\n According to this review, the average IIEF-5 scores among these men did drop by 4.61 points within the first month after the procedure.<\/p>\n This sounds bad, but on the upside, when they repeated the IIEF-5 survey three and six months after the biopsy, they found no decline in sexual function at all.<\/p>\n In fact, many of the studies they surveyed found that the majority of men did not even have erectile dysfunction after one month. The 4.61-point decline on the IIEF-5 was an average.<\/p>\n The researchers did not know why erectile dysfunction sometimes occurs after a prostate biopsy. They speculated that the needle may occasionally touch the nerves that control an erection. Another possibility is the stress of the procedure and the stress related to a possible cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n But at least men can know that, when it occurs, it is temporary and should sort itself out within the first three months.<\/p>\n Whether or not your erectile dysfunction is caused by prostate biopsy or something else, the good news is that you can heal it using the easy home exercises found here\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n