Urologists see rising erectile dysfunction cases among young Kenyan men
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Lifestyle factors, including poor diet, lack of exercise, alcohol consumption and smoking, as well as performance anxiety, could contribute to erectile dysfunction.
Persistent erectile dysfunction can sometimes be an early warning sign of conditions affecting a man's overall health.
Some men also believe that erectile dysfunction is purely psychological or an inevitable consequence of ageing.
Kenyan urologists are seeing younger men seek help for difficulties getting or maintaining an erection. Dr Winstar Mokua Ombuki, a consultant urologist at Aga Khan Hospital, says his clinic has recorded at least 40 per cent more erectile dysfunction-related visits compared with five years ago.
“Although ED [erectile dysfunction] cuts across men of all ages, most of the recent cases I have handled involve young men in their 30s. I have also attended to men in their 20s suffering from ED, mainly caused by performance anxiety.”
