This podcast is for you, the Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong,

your host. I'm an intimate health medical doctor and best

selling author of the book, Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll

do a deep dive into sexual health and performance and how

it affects men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get

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Hello there, Modern Man. In this episode, we're going to talk

about how common is ED in your age range, and we're going to

talk about different age range and talk about how common is it

and why. I'm Dr Anne Truong, I've treated over 7000 men with

ED. I'm a sexual health specialist physician.

So let's dive into this. ED becomes more common with age,

but it is present in every age group. Now, according to a study

that looked at 1,800 men, this was done in 2021 and all these

men of age range from the 20s to 80s. This is all men in the US.

So roughly one in four adult men meet criteria for some degree of

ED and the prevalence climbs steadily with age and the

severity. Population survey ranges from about 18% to 50%. So

let's talk about different age range. If you're a man and you

age range between 18 to 24 around 15% to 20% of you

actually have some level of ED. So a substantial portion is more

mild and more situational. So we'll discuss about that later.

And if you are aged between 35 and 34 roughly 10 to 15% meet ED

criteria by the survey. And if you are 35 to 44, it's about 12%

to 15%. And if you're 40 to 49 it goes up to about 8% to 22%

but the severity also goes up, meaning you may have moderate to

severe ED, and that mild is included, but not probably not

as much as in the younger population. Now there is a

questionnaire that's called the IEF, the International Erectile

Dysfunction Test. There's five questions that you can take and

score from 5 to 25 and it put you at mild, moderate or severe.

You can check it out here, at this link here, we'll give that

to you that way. You can take the test yourself and find out

whether you have mild, moderate or severe ED. This is a

standardized test, so it's not coming from me. And if you're a

man between 45 to 54 years old, 25% has ED, between 55 to 64

about 30%-35%, and 60 to 69 roughly about 40% to 55% as well

with more severity. If you are 65, 74 years old, around 50% and

75 plus, roughly about 50% more the moderate and severe cases.

So ED may be age related, but not age inevitable. So a

substantial minority of older men retain good erectile

function, especially those with fewer cardio metabolic risks,

like fewer risks that are for heart attack, which means blood

flow issues. In younger men, ED is common enough that is really

involving more porn related, relationship, lifestyle and

psychogenic rather than something that is metabolic.

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So let's kind of dive into the age range and why do you have

this. If you are in the teens and in the 20s, the more common

drivers are performance anxiety and relationship stress, low

self esteem or trauma or spectatoring, next is porn. And

the next reason is smoking. Binge drinking, cannabis or

other recreational drugs, or not to mention sleep deprivation and

sedentary lifestyle, and also obesity as well. So more of

lifestyle factor, rather than the issues with decreased blood

flow. Now, if you're in your 30s, again, it's a blend of

psychogenic and also other organic factors such as stress

and work and career load, parenting and also weight gain,

early type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high

cholesterol, smoking, vaping, excessive alcohol and poor sleep

or inactivity. And then medication that are notorious

that affect your erection or the antidepressant like the SSRI,

the antipsychotic, the anti blood pressure medicine and

opioid pain medicine as well. And then also low testosterone,

which is related to obesity and sleep apnea. So if you're in

your 40s, it's really more now focusing on more vascular causes

than psychogenic causes like again, condition that cause

blood flow decrease is high blood pressure, high

cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, then also decreased nitric

oxide. The nitric oxide decrease 50% by time you're 40 years old,

and of course, sleep apnea as well. Now psychogenic factor is

in every age group. So during your 50s is more heart disease,

more strokes, and also type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure

and high cholesterol. So the end point is that the older you get,

is more due to medical condition affecting your erection, and

medication, rather than the psychogenic component. Again, if

you're in your 60s, condition that affect blood flow, like I

talked about before, less psychogenic. But note, the older

you are, the more severe the medical conditions are. So ED

can be present at any age. It's just that the older you are, you

have more a blood flow problem the younger you are, it's really

more of lifestyle, such as alcohol, inactivity, poor diet,

porn, smoking and relationship problem and self esteem.

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The point here is that the reason why you will see more men

older that have more ED not because of age related. It's

because when you get older, you accumulate more medical

condition such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high

cholesterol that put you at risk for getting ED. So I hope this

makes sense. I know it's a lot information, but the end point

is, ED is reversible, is treatable. And in this study,

they also mentioned that men were not seeking help for ED

because they didn't think they needed help. But I want to make

it a point that when you do have ED, guys get some blood work,

see your doctor, because it can be treated. It can be reversed

permanently, if you address the cause. And sometimes the cause

is as easy as, sleep better or eat a better diet and lose like

10 pounds. The last thing you want to do is to take that ED

pill. Because when you take that ED pill, your natural response

to erection is gone, and your body don't know what to do. So

what the point I'm really passionate for you to know is

that ED is reversible. The earlier you start, the easier it

is to reverse it. Okay?

So I hope you find this valuable. It will mean the world

to me if you subscribe and also get notification. Share this

with somebody that you think may benefit from this. Let me know

in the comment what you think, what you've been doing that has

been working for you as well too. Just know that you are not

alone. We're here to help. And if we can help you, click the

link below and apply to see how I can help you get out of ED. If

not, also check out our Modern Man Club. It's a safe space for

men to get out of ED in a supportive environment of group

coaching program. Check it out at No ED Man.com. Just know

Modern Man that you do not have to live with ED, there are

alternatives and I will see you in the next episode.

Okay, Modern Man, you are not alone and you don't have to

suffer anymore. ED can feel isolating, frustrating, and even

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