Interní Med. 2002; 4(1): 10-14

Erektilní dysfunkce u stárnoucích mužů

MUDr. Karel Kočí CSc
Privátní andrologická ordinace Andromeda

Keywords: erectile dysfunction, pharmacotherapy, sildenafil, intracavernous injection, vacuum assistive devices, operation.

Published: December 31, 2002  Show citation

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Kočí K. Erektilní dysfunkce u stárnoucích mužů. Interní Med. 2002;4(1):10-14.

Erektilní dysfunkce (ED) je neschopnost dosáhnout a udržet erekci dostatečnou pro uspokojivý pohlavní styk. Prevalence ED je rela­tivně vysoká - více než polovina mužů mezi 40-70 lety trpí nějakou formou ED. Plná čtvrtina mužů v tomto věkovém rozmezí má středně závažnou dysfunkci a každý desátý muž je postižen úplnou ztrátou erekce. Naprostá většina pacientů by uvítala, kdyby dialog o jejich sexuálním životě inicioval lékař.

Etiologie ED je v cca 20 % případů psychogenní (nedostatek sebedůvěry, obava ze selhání, problémy ve vztahu k partnerce, deprese apod.), zbývajících 80 % případů ED má příčinu organickou. Nej­častěji jde o vaskulo­genní poruchu při ateroskleróze.

Metody léčby ED mohou být konzervativní nebo invazivní. Do první skupiny patří psychoterapie, perorální farmakoterapie a aplikace podtlakových erektorů. Miniinva­zivní metodou je intrakavernózní aplikace vazoaktivních látek, nejčastěji alprostadilu. Do invazivních postupů spadají cévní operace na arteriálním nebo venózním řečišti penisu a implantace penilních endoprotéz. Současné léčebné metody umožňují efektivní a bezpečnou léčbu téměř ve všech případech ED.

Erectile Dysfunction in Aging Men

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is an inability to reach and sustain erection sufficient for a satisfactory sexual intercourse. Prevalence of ED is relatively high - more than one half of men among 40-70 years suffer from some form of ED. A good one forth of men in this range of age experiences a moderate to severe dysfunction, every tenth man copes with a total loss of erection. The majority of patients would welcome a dialogue about their sexual life being initiated by a physician.

Etiology of ED stems in about 20% from psychological causes (lack of self-esteem, fear of failure, problems in an partner´s relationship, depression and so on), an organic cause can be found in the rest of 80% of ED cases. The vascular impairment due to atherosclerosis is the major culprit. Treatment modalities of ED could be conservative or invasive. The former is represented by psychotherapy, medical therapy and aplication of vacuum assistive devices. Mini-invasive method uses intracavernous aplication of vasoactive drugs, most frequently alprostadil. Vessel operations on arterial or venous beds of penis and implantations of penile implants are ranked among invasive procedures. Up to date therapeutical methods enable an effective and safe solution nearly of all cases of ED.

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