A recent study found that 1/4th of men filed new cases of erectile dysfunction as of recent. Of the 439 patients, 114 (26 percent) were aged 40 years or younger. Younger patients had lower body mass indexes, and had significantly higher counts of testosterone in their blood. The main significance between young and old men is the fact that 48.8 percent of younger men suffer from extreme erectile dysfunction compared to 40 percent of all older patients.

The findings suggest that the issue is a hidden issue within the community due to the fact that it takes a personal step up to admit the issue as a younger man. Younger men on average use more illicit drugs, drink, and smoke more often than older men.

“These findings, taken together with those of other studies showing the importance of erectile dysfunction as a potential “sentinel marker” of major diseases, outline the importance of taking a comprehensive medical and sexual history and to perform a thorough physical examination in all men with erectile dysfunction, irrespective of their age,” said Dr. Capogrosso.

“Erectile function, in general, is a marker for overall cardiovascular function – this is the first research showing evidence of severe erectile dysfunction in a population of men 40 years of age or younger” stated Irwin Goldstein, editor-in-chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine. “Clinically, when younger patients have presented with erectile dysfunction, we have in the past had a bias that their ED was primarily psychologic-based and vascular testing was not needed. We now need to consider regularly assessing the integrity of arterial inflow in young patients – identifying arterial pathology in such patients may be very relevant to their overall long-term health.”

One study found that most erectile dysfunction among young men was positively correlated with mental perception of self versus their perception of physical self. Some causes physically during young age are often hypertension, or type two diabetes. We all know it’s because of performance jitters though!

Citation:

http://www.parentherald.com/articles/1402/20130606/study-finds-one-four-patients-newly-diagnosed-erectile-dysfunction-young.htm

http://www.everydayhealth.com/erectile-dysfunction/young-men-get-erectile-dysfunction-too.aspx

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S030228380300215X?via=sd&cc=y

http://www.livestrong.com/article/29179-causes-erectile-dysfunction-young-men/