Erectile dysfunction in Al-Hilla City study the most common causes

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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.