How long does it take to treat sexual dysfunction?

There is really no unified standard answer to this question. Among the patients I have come into contact with, there are many who can return to a satisfactory state in 10 days and half a month, while there are also many who take more than half a year to see improvement, and there are even some who continue to undergo treatment for a year or two. It all depends on individual triggers and physical foundation.

Let’s take the 28-year-old Internet programmer who came here last month. He worked on a project for 21 consecutive days, and had to drink wine twice in the middle. After the project was finally online, he wanted to make out with his partner, but suddenly he couldn’t. He was so scared that he couldn’t sleep well for a week. The more anxious he became, the more problems he had. When he came for the examination, his hormone and blood vessel functions were all normal, which is typical of dysfunction caused by short-term fatigue and psychological stress. I asked him to push back on his overtime work and sleep for 7 hours a day. I prescribed a small dose of PDE5 inhibitors for emergency use. I specifically told him not to hold it in with his partner, and that he would feel less stressed after talking about the situation. I also took two days to play two games with friends on the weekend. On the 12th day, he sent a message saying that he was completely back to his previous state.

But if the problem has been present for a long time, or even is an organic disorder caused by a basic chronic disease, treatment will take a long time. There used to be a 45-year-old patient with a history of diabetes for 8 years. His blood sugar control was usually high and low. When he came to the doctor, he said that he had not been able to have normal sex for almost two years. He had bought many health care products that were promoted as "quick-acting aphrodisiacs", but he spent nearly 30,000 yuan to no avail. When treating him, we first had to cooperate with the endocrinology department to stabilize his blood sugar to a normal range, and then use drugs to improve the endothelium of blood vessels and nourish nerves. We also had to force him to quit drinking liquor that he had been drinking for more than 20 years and walk 6,000 steps every day after dinner. There was almost no significant change in the first three months, and he almost gave up. It was only in the fourth month that he said that his morning erections were slowly returning. Now, after almost 7 months of adjustment, he can return to about 60% of the state before the disease. It is basically impossible to completely return to the state of 20 or 30 years old.

Nowadays, the opinions on this matter on the Internet are very extreme. Either the sellers of folk prescriptions are so crazy that they say "a complete cure in one week and never relapse", which is simply cutting leeks from people who are eager to get better. Or some people who have failed to find the right method to treat the disease go around saying "this disease cannot be cured at all". In fact, this is too absolute. Many patients with mild symptoms and simple psychological triggers are no different from normal people after adjustment.

To be honest, the fact that many people are slow to take care of themselves is really not a problem of the disease, but of their own lack of cooperation. Asked to quit smoking and drinking, he would keep drinking ； To allow regular ejaculation and reduce stimulation from frequent masturbation, he secretly continued to watch short videos several times a day. ； Some partners are uncooperative and will sarcastically say "You can't do it" once they fail. This is just a small problem at first, but eventually it turns into a serious psychological disorder. There are cases where the patient does not get better after a year or two of adjustment.

If you really encounter this problem, don't frighten yourself by searching blindly, and don't buy unknown health care products randomly. Go to a regular hospital to find a specialist to find out what the trigger is, and follow the doctor's advice to make adjustments. This will save you a lot of time than making blind guesses and taking detours on your own.