| Mungy@HorribleISP.gov 2006-07-21, 2:21 am |
| Some more light reading of the report on the 2006 American Urology
conference disclosed that at least someone has finally woken up to the
fact that not all ejaculatory disorders are premature ejaculation and
that there's a relationship between the level of Lower Urinary Tract
Symptoms (LUTS) and ejaculation problems. See:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/537509
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The issue of ejaculatory disorders and their correlation with LUTS
severity in men with BPH was also examined by Rosen and
Fitzpatrick.[11] In this study, 2442 sexually active men in Europe
were asked to complete the IPSS questionnaire and Male Sexual Health
Questionnaire (MSHQ). Men with more severe LUTS symptomatology
experienced worse ejaculatory function than those with mild or
moderate symptoms (Table 1). It is perhaps unexpected to see such an
extraordinarily high prevalence of reduced ability to ejaculate,
delayed ejaculation, decreased force of ejaculation, and decreased
amounts of semen as well as general bother associated with
ejaculation. Particularly surprising is the fact that, overall, 25.9%
of men claimed to experience pain and discomfort during ejaculation, a
number that increased from 15.4% for those with mild LUTS to 43.2% for
those with severe LUTS.
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Unfortunately I can't put in Table 1 easily but you can see this if
you go to the link. Indeed the high IPSS scorers have disastrous
ejaculation problems: 67% reduced ability, 63% delayed ejaculation,
80% decreased force, 74% decreased amount, 43% pain, and 60% "bother"
(I don't know what this means).
For those who are not familiar with the term, IPSS is a questionnaire
used to determine your status with regard to symptoms of (usually)
benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). It asks things like how often you
get up during the night to pee.
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