22 Percent of Smokers must be Experiencing Erectile Dysfunction

Jakarta, smoking is often considered to be a trend in the association. Even men who do not smoke are considered less slang cupu alias. Whereas 22 percent of smokers would have had erectile dysfunction or impotence.

"Cigarettes including the trend, so those people in the association that if he did not smoke another smoke not considered slang. People do not feel pain if he will not realize or do not want to know if the effect will appear. Human nature is not indifferent," explains dr. Johannes Soedjono, M. Kes., Spand, specialist andrology from the Reproductive Health Unit / Andrology, Hospital Dr. AL Ramelan, Surabaya, on the sidelines of the National Symposium and Workshop on Sexology 2011 at Hotel Le Meridien, Jakarta, Friday (28/10/2011 )

According to Dr. Johannes, despite being given the data that smoking can cause erectile dysfunction, still many people who smoke a lot.

"Maybe not (erectile dysfunction) but will definitely be felt. About 22 percent of smokers would be to experience erectile dysfunction. So yes if there are 100,000 people 22,000 will experience erection problems after a year later," said Dr. Johannes.

Dr. Johannes said that erectile dysfunction occurs more depending on the number of cigarettes smoked per day, not long smoking.

"So the number of per rod per day is a decisive, if not determine the duration of smoking it but weighed erection disorders. So if smoking 10 years the opportunity to recover (from erectile dysfunction) laginya getting smaller. Because blood vessels are damaged overdo. But if he's smoking in under 5 years of damage effects has not been great, also the greater chance of recovery, "continued Dr. Johannes.

The main target for smoking cessation targets according to Dr. Johannes is a person who smoked between 6-10 years, because the chances for recovery, including the largest, which is 2.26 times greater than those who had smoked over 10 years.

"The damage has not parmanen, the case is a lot, which already suffered a lot, probably because recovered sufficiently large blood vessels has not been damaged. For smokers 5 years and over must have felt (erection problems). The 78 percent is not necessarily, maybe smoking is not too severe so yet feel, not long but the amount of smoking, "Dr. Johannes lid.