Talking about sex is the best thing you can do for yourself if you are a sexually active person. You must educate yourself about safe sex practices, regardless of who you’re having sex with.
Over the past few weeks, we got multiple sexual health queries from our readers.
Dr Ajit Saxena, Senior Consultant Urologist & Andrologist at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals answers some of the queries here.
I am 52 years old and married for 23 years. I have 2 grown up children. Sex was okay earlier, but since last year, it has not been good. I have tried various medicines like cildenafil etc which gave me temporary respite but off late even these are not working. I am slightly overweight but have no health issues like sugar, blood pressure. I drink once or twice in a week. The moment my wife and I start getting cosy, I lose erection and it frustrates both of us. While I masturbate, erection is good enough. Don’t know what to do. Please help.
You may be suffering from decreased testosterone levels. Testosterone is the male hormone, which among other things is responsible for proper erection. Please get your S. Testosterone (Total and Free) checked and visit a doctor.
I am a 28-year-old married guy. Due to excessive masturbation in the past, I have become weak in intercourse. I cannot maintain erection even for a minute in front of my wife. What should I do to overcome this problem?
Excessive masturbation leading to loss of erection is the biggest myth in sexual dysfunction and has been perpetuated by vested interests over the years. What you have is premature ejaculation. Please get your semen culture sensitivity test done and consult an andrologist for the same.
I am 27 years old. I’m unable to satisfy my girlfriend with different poses. My penis is small. Please give me a solution like diet, exercises to help my penis grow.
I doubt very much if this is a small penis problem, the problem may well be elsewhere. Consult a good sex therapist.
I am 60 and healthy. Due to the dysfunction of the penis, my wife gets perturbed while having sex. She get aroused by foreplay but non-erection of penis spoils the game. Do provide any prescription to solve the problems.
You have what is called ‘erectile dysfunction’ a fairly common condition particularly at your age. Now this erectile dysfunction may be a symptom of some disease process in the body, of which diabetes is the foremost. A complete health check should be starting point in your case.
I suffer from premature ejaculation, I don’t even last for a minute. I want to know how to recover from this. Since the past few days I have noticed that my penis size is getting reduced. Please help.
Premature ejaculation is a very common problem particularly in the young. Treatment consists of pelvic exercises, psychological counselling and medicines, depending on severity of the problem. Please visit an andrologist to get a fix on the problem.
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