Patient's question:
I have a friend who was almost in the army, and unfortunately, he was kicked by a friend. It's just that the time of intimacy is not long? He went to a big hospital and saw a doctor who gave him medication for impotence, but the duration it maintained was not ideal~~! So I want to ask all the experts~~~ for an effective answer~~!!Doctor's answer:
Hello: Many men cannot determine whether they suffer from erectile dysfunction, but in fact, they can judge the nature of erectile dysfunction based on the nocturnal penile erection. Normal men of all ages can experience reflexive penile erections during sleep. During adolescence, there are about 6 erections per night on average, each lasting 20-30 minutes; young and middle-aged adults have about 4 erections per night on average; healthy elderly people over 65 still have a total of 1-1.5 hours of erection time per night. Even children often have penile erections during sleep.Clearly, nocturnal penile reflexive erections are unrelated to sexual stimulation and are not affected by psychological factors. Therefore, they can be used to distinguish whether erectile dysfunction is caused by psychological factors or by medical factors. If an erectile dysfunction patient has no nocturnal erections or the degree of erection is below the normal value for their age group, it may indicate a medical factor and requires further investigation to identify the root cause. If an erectile dysfunction patient has normal nocturnal erections, it is unlikely to be caused by medical factors but rather by psychological and mental factors. Here are several methods for self-assessing nocturnal penile erections:
(1) Stamp Test: Wrap four stamps around the penis, stick the overlapping parts together to form a ring, and then go to sleep. In the morning, check whether the stamp has torn. If it has torn, it indicates nocturnal erections. If the overlapping part has come loose, it is not meaningful.
(2) Penile Circumference Measurement: There is a commercially available tape measure (usually paper-based) with one end connected to a square buckle. Before going to sleep, wrap it around the penis, and have one end come out through the buckle. First, record the baseline circumference of the penis in its flaccid state, and then