Having problems in the bedroom???? You're not alone: Most people diagnosed with low sex drive or erectile dysfunction are actually 'normal', study claims!!!!
Sexual problems such as erectile dysfunction or low libido are ‘sufficiently common to be considered normal’, claimed by researchers. They say most people told they have an official medical problem have been misdiagnosed (file picture posed by model).Doctors have been too swift to diagnose sexual disorders in recent years, researchers claim.
Previous research has found that sexual problems are widespread – with nearly four out of ten men suffering from problems during sex, and one in five women.
But new research applying stricter ‘internationally recognised’ criteria shows that just 4.2 per cent of men and 3.6 per cent of women should be diagnosed as having sexual problems.
In fact far from being unusual, the authors write that occasional ‘mild and transient sexual problems are sufficiently common to be considered normal’, the researchers advise.
The authors, led by Kirstin Mitchell, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, write that the difference between ‘mild difficulties’ and ‘clinical dysfunction’ has been a problem in psychiatry for many years – but has now become critical.
The authors looked at a database called Natsal-3 – a survey of 15,162 British men and women aged 16–74 years ‘broadly representative of the British population’ at the time of the 2011 census.
The study found that two thirds of men in the study with erectile dysfunction (60 per cent) had sought professional help for it, making it the most common sexual complaint taken to their GP.
The least commonly reported problem for men who went to their GP was ‘difficulty with early climax’ or premature ejaculation at under 10 per cent.
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The study found that two thirds of men in the study with erectile dysfunction (60 per cent) had sought professional help for it, making it the most common sexual complaint taken to their GP.
The least commonly reported problem for men who went to their GP was ‘difficulty with early climax’ or premature ejaculation at under 10 per cent.
Across all men who fitted the new criteria, a third had sought professional help about their sex life in the last year.
Low libido worried women the most – with just over half (51.8 per cent) of women meeting all three criteria going to their GP.
Across all men who fitted the new criteria, a third had sought professional help about their sex life in the last year.
Low libido worried women the most – with just over half (51.8 per cent) of women meeting all three criteria going to their GP.
The authors found only one sexual problem was linked to old age - difficulty getting or keeping an erection. This rose from 0.6 per cent of men aged 16–24 to 5.1 per cent of men aged 65–74.
The authors also ‘identified some interesting gender differences’ which included that unemployment was associated with male but not female seuxal dysfunction.
The researchers apply tougher criteria for what constitutes a sexual problem – that it needs to last for six months, happen between 75 per cent and all of the time, and causes ‘significant distress’.
Once these figures are applied the researchers note that the numbers of people who are correctly categorised as suffering sexual problems are ‘still significant’- amounting to 1.8 million adults in the UK and 8.9 million adults in the US.
Two-thirds of men in the study with erectile dysfunctionhad sought professional help for it, making it the most common sexual complaint taken to their GP. Many men are prescribed the drug Viagra (pictured)
One explanation for the huge gap may be pressure from the pharmaceutical industry to sell drugs for sexual problems, the authors write saying this as ‘disease mongering…encouraging mild symptoms to be viewed as severe’.
New drugs are being developed all the time to treat controversial diagnoses such as premature ejaculation and a lack of sexual desire in women as well as erectile dysfunction. In 2012 alone the NHS spent £88 million on drugs to treat erectile dysfunction – half of which was spent on Viagra.
The research applied the controversial new diagnostic guidelines in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) which was published in 2013.
The ‘psychiatrists’ bible’ adopted stricter criteria for deciding what are medically treatable sexual problems such as erectile dysfunction, a lack of interest in sex, or pain and discomfort during sex for women, or difficulty in reaching orgasm.
The changes were designed to improve precision, ‘reduce likelihood of overdiagnosis’ and ‘distinguish transient sexual difficulties from more persistent sexual dysfunction’.
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The least commonly reported problem for men who went to their GP was ‘difficulty with early climax’ or premature ejaculation at under 10 per cent.
Across all men who fitted the new criteria, a third had sought professional help about their sex life in the last year.
Low libido worried women the most – with just over half (51.8 per cent) of women meeting all three criteria going to their GP.
Across all men who fitted the new criteria, a third had sought professional help about their sex life in the last year.
Low libido worried women the most – with just over half (51.8 per cent) of women meeting all three criteria going to their GP.
The authors found only one sexual problem was linked to old age - difficulty getting or keeping an erection. This rose from 0.6 per cent of men aged 16–24 to 5.1 per cent of men aged 65–74.
The authors also ‘identified some interesting gender differences’ which included that unemployment was associated with male but not female seuxal dysfunction.
The researchers apply tougher criteria for what constitutes a sexual problem – that it needs to last for six months, happen between 75 per cent and all of the time, and causes ‘significant distress’.
Once these figures are applied the researchers note that the numbers of people who are correctly categorised as suffering sexual problems are ‘still significant’- amounting to 1.8 million adults in the UK and 8.9 million adults in the US.
Two-thirds of men in the study with erectile dysfunctionhad sought professional help for it, making it the most common sexual complaint taken to their GP. Many men are prescribed the drug Viagra (pictured)
One explanation for the huge gap may be pressure from the pharmaceutical industry to sell drugs for sexual problems, the authors write saying this as ‘disease mongering…encouraging mild symptoms to be viewed as severe’.
New drugs are being developed all the time to treat controversial diagnoses such as premature ejaculation and a lack of sexual desire in women as well as erectile dysfunction. In 2012 alone the NHS spent £88 million on drugs to treat erectile dysfunction – half of which was spent on Viagra.
The research applied the controversial new diagnostic guidelines in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) which was published in 2013.
The ‘psychiatrists’ bible’ adopted stricter criteria for deciding what are medically treatable sexual problems such as erectile dysfunction, a lack of interest in sex, or pain and discomfort during sex for women, or difficulty in reaching orgasm.
The changes were designed to improve precision, ‘reduce likelihood of overdiagnosis’ and ‘distinguish transient sexual difficulties from more persistent sexual dysfunction’.
Credits: Mail Online
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