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Premature Ejaculation - Signs You Are Suffering from it

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Dr. Inderjeet Singh GautamSexologist • 27 Years Exp.D.E.H.M, B.E.M.S, M.D.(E.H)
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The most crucial condition for any male is any disorder which hampers his physical intimacy with his partner. These physical discomforts create psychological impact for any male and affect the personal and social life. Premature ejaculation is one such sexual disorder that occurs in male. In this premature ejaculation the men ejaculate the semen involuntarily too earlier or during the orgasm itself.

Causes

There exact cause of premature ejaculation is not known. But few researches suggest causes like physical conditions like nervous conduction problem and increased penile sensitivity. Psychological factors include performance anxiety, early initiation of masturbating in adolescence and trying to complete the masturbation process too early in fear of getting caught by adults, passive aggressiveness and unresolved relationship issues.

Primary symptoms
Primary symptoms include clearly the ejaculation of semen too early during sex. This may cause a feeling of dissatisfaction and disappointment to both the male and female partner. But male have this dissatisfaction at higher rate than the female partner.

Secondary symptoms

  1. Lack of self confidence in sexual act which may further lead to other psychological disturbances for both partners
  2. Problem or difficulty in interpersonal relationship
  3. Depression because of the failure in sexual attempt
  4. Embarrassment mainly to the male partner and this causes anxiety to male partner in the matter of sex
  5. Increased level of stress and some may even show decreased level of performance in their professional work

Treatment

  1. If the problem is caused because of any psychological reasons this can easily be treated with psychological counselling and with the guidance of the sexual health advice.
  2. If the problem is with the newly married couples or with the new sex partner this may get automatically resolved as their relationship gets improved over period of time.
  3. If premature ejaculation is caused because of any physical reasons this can be treated with the anti-depressant drugs. But most doctors don’t prefer drugs as this may cause many adverse effects on sexual life on regular usage.
  4. Some doctors’ advice the use of lidocaine 20 – 30 minutes before having sex as this may increase the ejaculation time.

If you wish to discuss about any specific sexual problem, you can consult a specilized sexologist and ask a free question.

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