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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (5196)	8/26/1998 6:05:00 AM
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BBC - Men think impotence is a psychological problem Tuesday, August 25, 1998 Published at 18:13 GMT 19:13 UK Many myths surround impotence Many men mistakenly think impotence is all in the mind, according to the first global survey of men's attitudes towards sexual dysfunction. The survey found that men the world over harbour the same misconceptions about impotence. Results from a poll of more than 4,000 men from 10 countries today showed that, on average, half the respondents in each country thought impotence was caused by psychological factors such as stress and anxiety. Fewer than 25% correctly identified high blood pressure and diabetes as two physical conditions linked to impotence. One in three thought impotence was a natural consequence of ageing. The depth of ignorance surrounding impotence has been brutally illustrated by the death of 123 US men, many of who took the impotence drug Viagra despite warnings that they were at danger because of heart conditions. Psychological cause is rare Doctors now believe that less than five per cent of impotence is caused by purely psychological problems. Findings from the survey, conducted by Mori and sponsored by Pfizer Inc, the makers of Viagra, were presented at a meeting of the International Society for Impotence Research in Amsterdam. The men who took part, all aged over 40, were from France, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, China, Morocco, Norway, South Korea, Sweden and Turkey. Britain was not involved in the study. Dr Robert Krane, chairman of the department of urology at Boston University School of Medicine and former president of the ISIR, said: "It is time to dispel the believe that erectile dysfunction is solely a psychological condition or simply part of growing older, and educate people about the underlying medical conditions and modifiable risk factors that frequently contribute to erectile dysfunction." Men are ignorant Derek Machin, clinical director of urology at University Hospital, Aintree, said: "The findings are probably about right. Men are pretty ignorant about themselves. "There is a major problem with men's health. Men are much less knowledgeable about their own health than women are about their health, or even men's health. "Men tend to present later to their doctor and assume nothing can be done about it. When they do finally see their doctor it is usually because their partner has forced them to go. "Consequently for any given condition men tend to have a worse outcome than women." One in five suffer The survey found that one in five men admitted to experiencing impotence. The same proportion said they knew someone who had experienced the condition. From a list of 12 medical conditions, impotence was cited most frequently as the one men would be least likely to seek help for. Nearly half of all the men questioned said that being impotent caused, or could cause, relationship problems. Although 84% said they had never initiated a discussion with their doctors about impotence, 66% agreed that talking about the problem would be helpful. Considerable stigma Michele Corrado, director of health and social research at Mori, said: "The results demonstrate that there is considerable stigma among men around the world about sexual health problems such as ED. Yet at the same time, they believe this stigma could be reduced, and more helped, if they talked about such problems." Nearly 72% of men in Germany, 68% in Argentina, and 68% in South Korea thought impotence was caused by psychological factors such as anxiety, stress and depression. Alcohol was cited as the leading cause of impotence by 64% of Germans, 58% of Moroccans and 53% of Swedes. More than two thirds of men in Germany and France and nearly half of men in Argentina thought impotence was caused by relationship problems such as lack of attraction news.bbc.co.uk