Surprise polling reveals this age group is most likely to struggle keeping it up, with 49% blaming stress and 24% blaming boozing too much. Half of men in their 30s struggle to get an erection, studies have shown.
Surprise polling reveals this age group is most likely to struggle keeping it up, with 49% blaming stress and 24% blaming boozing too much.
Almost a third have broken up with their partner as a result.
Nearly half (43%) of men aged 18-60 across the UK are suffering impotence, with four in ten men blaming stress, followed by tiredness (36%), anxiety (29%) and boozing too heavily (26%).
Researchers polled 2,000 men for Coop Pharmacy and found largest affected age group of men with erectile dysfunction is those in their thirties, with half (50%) reporting difficulties getting or maintaining an erection.
This compares to 42% in their 40s, 41% in their 50s, and 35% of under 30s.
TV doctor Hilary Jones said: “Erectile dysfunction is a taboo in our society that needs to be broken.
“In an age when many people are happy to share intimate details of their lives on social media, it is a huge cause for concern that men today do not feel confident enough to discuss openly their struggles with impotence.”
A third of men aged 18-60 surveyed say they have not told anyone about their erectile dysfunction.
Only 28% have gone to their GP and just 9% have discussed it with another man in the family.
Worryingly 43% of those affected by impotence say they could not discuss the issue with friends and 23% would feel uncomfortable discussing it with a GP.
Poster Comment:
This explains a lot about UK politics.