While women’s conditions have been given significant attention in both the medical field (as seen from the huge Gynaecology branch) and in mainstream conversations, men’s health hasn't had as much attention or public outreach, which is a disadvantage to men.
Here, our urologist with a special interest in men’s health talks about some common conditions faced by men:
Male fertility is also compromised when many of the reasons above happen – if a man leads an unhealthy or stressful lifestyle, or has certain medical problems, his sperm quality will be affected.
If a man suffers from low testosterone, his sperm count will be greatly affected as testosterone is crucial for healthy sperm production; and this leads to erectile dysfunction as well which prevents him from easily impregnating his partner.
Premature ejaculation (PE) refers to uncontrolled ejaculation either shortly after or even before sexual penetration, and long before the person intends to. Though it is a different condition from erectile dysfunction, they do share similar causes: stress and anxiety, hormonal problems, certain medications and medical conditions. A big factor is also hypersensitivity.
However, all this can be managed through the use of behavioural therapy, lifestyle changes and medication.
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