Erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation
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Erectile dysfunction and ejaculatory dyscontrol are two very common male sexual dysfunctions, are woven around these myths, fears and hopefully also solutions from serious and committed work of specialists and researchers in sexology.

Sexual dysfunction is defined as "persistent abnormalities of one or more stages of sexual response that cause problems and inconvenience to the individual or couple." (1)

It is important to note the word persistent because the vast majority of men at some point in their life have experienced some difficulty having a sexual relationship and this is transient, but the fact that appellant is one of the indicators to be considered as a dysfunction sexual.

Sexual response in men relates in general and teaching, the process or cycle in which: provides a stimulus that can provoke the onset of sexual intercourse (sexual arousal phase Cash), continue with the erection of penis (Phase Excitation), it follows the identification of the desire to penetrate and penetration (plateau phase), we reach ejaculation and the sensation of ultimate pleasure (orgasm phase), continues the restoration of bodily changes to a state of relaxation (phase resolution), and finally a period lasting until again another sexual relationship (refractory phase).

Returning to the definition, it considers the individual and his partner, since many times the person submitting dysfunction not considered as such, but it bothers your partner and this may be reason for consultation.

Erectile dysfunction (which at one time was known as impotence) is part of the excitement phase and presents with shaky or absent erections that prevent you from having sex.

The ejaculatory dyscontrol (also called premature ejaculation) refers to the man has not developed the ability to control when ejaculation is given.

Here he explained that ejaculation and orgasm in males are two different situations and that sometimes can occur together, but not rule. Ejaculation is related to the expulsion of semen, while the climax is rather a very individual perception of ultimate pleasure and satisfaction, say that the first is physiological and the second psychological.

Sexual dysfunction can be classified into primary and secondary.

The primaries are where they have occurred and always high when the operation was less than expected and after a malfunction occurs.

Sexual dysfunction can also be selective-that is with one (s) of person (s) themselves and with other (s) no-and situational-when only occur in special situations.

Where can we find the origin of these dysfunctions? Need to be explored in conjunction with the specialist several areas because the etiology or cause may be: biological, psychological, rehabilitative and couples, or a mixture of some of them:

- Biological: In this area we have factors such as age, infection or genetic or degenerative disease, a surgical procedure or use of certain drugs or substances.

- Psychological: Personality and character, fears (to surrender to one's expectations are not met), traumatic experiences, psychiatric disorders.

- Socio-educational: Sex education tinged myths and prejudices, learning processes, financial concerns, family factors.

- Couple: Problems in the dynamics of relationships, poor communication, poor erotic creativity.


We need to be explored sexual dysfunction, diagnosed and treated to a trained specialist in sexology. Unfortunately it is traditionally handled by professionals in the field of health who have no formal training sexological and therefore lack elements to make a good therapy.

But before that is essential to recognize that we are experiencing a situation where help is needed, a team effort. Daring to talk about it is not easy because it involves talking about their own sexuality and the "sexual performance", which is closely related to male identity. That is, it has built and strengthened mandate, "If I am a man who always work, because I miss it so."

However, until now, external and finding solutions is the best way in which many men have succeeded not only enrich your sex life but one's knowledge of themselves and understand that being male is a much broader concept.