Traditionally, medical professionals and men all over the world have thought of premature ejaculation as a form of illness that affect sexual performance. This approach made it easy
for men to seek help and to understand how and why it might be occurring. But one recent study has turned that thinking on its head and sent shock waves through the male enhancement community.
The Study That’s Changing Male Enhancement
Vincenzo Puppo, a respected and prominent expert in sexual health, recently published a review of the literature for premature ejaculation. While this was not a clinic trial or study, it was a comprehensive overview and expert analysis of the available data. Puppo had experience studying and writing about human sexuality, in particular the roles of orgasm in human sexuality.
Puppor reviewed the evidence regarding the physiology of early ejaculation and also considered the body of evidence that supports it as an illness. In the end, he determined that, while problematic, premature ejaculation is not actually an illness. Instead he speculated it was defined as an illness and posed the question as to whether or not it had been “constructed by sexual medicine experts under the influence of drug companies.”
Defining an Illness
In order to understand the impact of this review, it’s important to understand exactly what an illness is. Sexual performance problems are sometimes called illnesses and also sometimes referred to ask conditions. So what’s the difference?
The word illness refers to a specific disease or a problem within the body. An illness, or disease, is a collection of symptoms which form a specific medical problem. There are many symptoms and issues connected to the illness of diabetes, for example. Illnesses are also separated from conditions as a way to handle treatment. Illnesses and diseases have set and prescribed treatment options which usually includes some sort of pharmaceutical support.
Conditions are usually a part of defining an illness, though they don’t themselves constitute an illness. Instead they are simply a way to describe the state of a body’s ability to function. A person’s physical condition may be run down, but that doesn’t mean he or she has an illness.
In terms of how this relates to sexual dysfunction, it essentially means the difference in treatment approaches and styles. In Puppor’s review he focuses on the fact that early ejaculation is common among teens and younger men who are inexperienced with sex. He also points out that it’s something likely to happen to most, if not all, men at one point or another. As a result, he frames it more as a condition, as opposed to an illness requiring pharmaceutical intervention.
So what does this mean for the future of premature ejaculation? For some it may mean a shift in focus from treating it with medications to more natural options that attempt to correct the condition. This, of course, is nothing new as many men try to avoid medications in favour of more natural methods. The bigger concern is that this change in labelling (while not official) may discourage some men from seeking help. In the end, this problem – whatever you want to call it – often DOES require professional help. While it may be a natural part of life for some, as Puppor suggests, for others the chronic component of the problem makes it something that goes beyond a condition.
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