The 34-year-old man has erectile dysfunction because of this reason-Life Health

Recently, the patient could not get an erection, even when masturbating or meeting a female partner.

Doctor Nguyen Hoai Bac, Department of Andrology and Sex Medicine – Hanoi Medical University Hospital, said that the Faculty has just received a 34-year-old male patient in Hanoi who came to the clinic for medical examination. erectile dysfunction.

The patient said that he had been using synthetic drugs for many years and about a year ago, he started showing unusual symptoms.

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Initially, the patient found her sexual ability greatly increased, but recently she has been unable to get an erection, either while masturbating or with a female partner.

In addition, this man also appeared to urinate many times (about every 20 minutes), abnormal discharge in the urethra, often feeling burning pain in the groin area, fatigue, not concentrating on work. the job is. The patient is very worried that he has impotencechronic social disease and infertility.

The male doctors had to spend a lot of time asking about the disease, classifying symptoms, and ordering tests to check. Genitourinary microbiological identification tests showed that the patient was not infected with sexually transmitted diseases or urinary tract infections; Ultrasound of the scrotum, prostate and bladder did not detect abnormalities; The liver and kidney function tests, male hormones, semen analysis all showed results within normal limits.

Then, the doctors found out the cause of this man’s erectile dysfunction due to the use of methamphetamine.

Methamphetamine is a common name for synthetic drugs, containing methamphetamine (meth) and amphethamine (amph) even niketamide, which is a complex mixture of natural materials and different chemicals in it. The main, most common is methamphetamine.

This drug is called “stone” by users because of its stone-like appearance – crystals that crystallize into tiny fragments, similar to MSG (monosodium glutamate) or salt and salt. iridescent like stone.

Doctors warn, many people use methamphetamine in search of strong feelings of excitement and euphoria, without knowing that it has a serious devastating effect on human health. When using drugs, people will lose control, many cases forget about protection measures when having sex, leading to infection.