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Erectile Dysfunction
As any glance at your email spam filter will tell you, erectile dysfunction is big business (as is money laundering for deposed Nigerian Princes). A common complaint that will affect many men in their lives, it can be just a one-off occurrence, but for some the problem is long-term. Although you may have a normal sex drive, sufferers fail to achieve or maintain an erection of the penis to enable sex to take place. This can be embarrassing for both you and your partner, leading to plaintive mutterings of ‘but I really do want to do it’. Stress, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking and other conditions such as Peyronie’s disease or a tight foreskin may all be contributing causes, but treatments are available – not through your email inbox – but instead through your GP.
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Hi, i've been in a fairly long relationship now with my boyfriend of 17, and he gets an erection before with foreplay but whenever we try to have sex he looses his erection. Whats wrong? its really confusing us….
Hi i am 36 years of age, sexually active but finding it difficult to maintain and erection, and have a problem when i do erect, the tip of my penis seems never hard but soft unlike the shaft of the penis. Its now having an effect on my sex life with my partner and also in my mind giving me doubts on having sex. The problem has been going on for the last year now, i don`t know of any family history with this problem and i`m not to sure how to approach my own GP with this problem, i have used viagra a couple of times which has helped and made a difference but the side effect i get from these is a splitting headache the following day, can you help me with any solutions or suggestions,
hi am 23 and i have a problem i fined that when am geting up in he morning in have a hard on. but when am having sex i fined it hared to get it up and when it dose its floppy and not fully hared and it tackes a long time to get up. this is now a very big problem in life because i cant satisfiy me girl friend how i used to do so i was going to ask me girl to become my wife and marri her but dot think i shuld can you pleas help me
hi im 20 and have been in a relationship for about 2 years . lately when i wake up i havent been getting erections and am finding it difficult to get a proper one and when i do it does not go fully hard and does not stay up for very long and goes straight down after coming . it is very embarasing for me and is affecting my relationship,sex life and especially my confidence . plase help as i am very concerned thank you
hello, im 19 and my boyfriend is 20. we often partake in foreplay, and just when we are about to have sex, he comes. he always has an early ejaculation! ive tried taking things slow, calming him, everything..he hasnt had any partners before and at the beginning he was nerous, but now its just frustrating!! can you suggest anything which can help this situation??
I am 45 and since having a vasectomy over 10 years ago i have been unable to sustain an erection and sometimes i am unable to ge one at all,i visited my doctor and explained the problem and he hurriedly gave me a prescription for viagra without offering any other solutions or help.this was over two years ago now and i still have the prescription but feel i should'nt risk taking it as i dont know what effect if any it will have.do you have any advise please?
I am 16, nearly 17, and I think there's something wrong with my penis. I find it quite difficult to maintain an erection and it takes me quite a while, and can be sometimes difficult to ejaculate especialy during vaginal sex. Please help, it's putting a bit of a downer on my sex life.
im 17 i have no trouble getting an erection and it does not hurt when i do so but i can not pull back my foreskin even when soft is this a problem that i could sort out by going to the doctors?
i have a very small penis about 1 inch and i cannot ejaculate and i am 14 will ever get bigger? and will i ever ejaculatebecause its really nocking my confidense please help
i am 22 and when i get an erection it does go fairly hard but is still quite soft and become larger but does not stick up, and when during intercourse i cannot maintian an erection long enough and cannot last long without ejaculating and straight after ejaculating my erection goes down in an instant. And it does affect my confidence and sex life, is there something really wrong? can you help please?
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