Premature Ejaculation

Premature Ejaculation

Premature ejaculation is a dysfunction that affects 30 percent of men. Only one in tenth decides to treat it. Meanwhile, there are effective drugs to treat premature ejaculation. Overcoming the embarrassment, seeing a doctor, and buying appropriate drugs – this is a straight road to boosting the quality of your sex life. See how you can use tablets to extend sexual intercourse and when to start taking them.

Premature ejaculation is one of the most common sexual disorders. According to various estimates and depending on the definition, the problem can affect even up to 30 percent of males of reproductive age.

Be aware that premature ejaculation does not have a clear-cut and precise medical definition. Attempts at defining the phenomenon have resulted in M.D Waldinger developing an indicator called Intravaginal Ejaculation Latency Time (IELT). On that basis, three forms of the disorder are distinguished:

  • severe – when it takes less than 15 seconds during vaginal penetration for a man to ejaculate;

  • moderate – when premature ejaculation occurs within 15-60 seconds;

  • mild – when a man achieves orgasm before the lapse of 2 minutes.

However, not all sexologists agree with such an approach to the problem. The World Health Organization defines it in a less mathematical, but more psychological manner, stating that premature ejaculation is a situation in which:

  • ejaculation occurs as a result of a minimal sexual stimulus,

  • before penetration or soon after penetration begins,

  • sooner than the patient would want that,

  • the problem causes anxiety, tension, or frustration in the sexual partner.

When to start taking pills for premature ejaculation?

Premature ejaculation is a disorder with diverse etiology. Two substantial types of the disorder can be distinguished.

  • Primary – it accompanies a man for his entire life, from the first to the last sexual intercourse, in almost every situation and with every partner. In 80 percent of cases premature ejaculation of that type occurs in a severe or moderate form (up to 60 seconds).

  • Secondary – it appears at a certain stage of life, after a period of normal sexual encounters. It is usually associated with emotional factors (e.g. due to stress or conflicts in the relationship) or diseases, injuries, or drugs used.

The above distinction is crucial for a sexologist to develop a premature ejaculation treatment plan.

When it comes to the secondary disorder – psychotherapeutic, psychoeducational, and physiotherapeutic measures are used first. If these measures do not bring any satisfactory results, the sexologist prescribes drugs.

However, it is possible to introduce pills for premature ejaculation from the first day of the therapy in patients with diagnosed primary type of the disorder. Prior to that, however, the background of the disorder must be thoroughly examined and diagnosed – the patient might require prior neurological, urological, or psychiatric treatment.

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