Erectile Dysfunction in Al-Hilla City Study the Most Common Causes

Abstract

Aim : study of the most common causes of erectile dysfunction in Al – Hilla city.Patent and method: 300 married male individuals their ages falls between (40 – 60 ) years old underwent the study. A structured questionnaire requested information concerning general information, sexual activity , smoking , diabetes and hypertension history.Results : The present study involved 300 married male individuals showed 141 patient complaining of ED and in 159 men not complaining of EDof the 141 ED patients, 65 (46%) were smokers , 40 (28.3%) suffered from diabetes mellitus, 36 (25.7%) had hypertension . Among 159 control men 62 (39%) were smokers , 16 (10%) had diabetes mellitus and 19 (12%) had hypertension. Conclusion : the probability of developing ED was very high in the presence of smoking, hypertension and diabetes mellitus.