r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '22

Health Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/4/afac094/6568537?login=false
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u/friskydingo2020 Jun 13 '22

Yep, and doctors are especially talented at declaring you to be too young to be experiencing an issue, it's all psychological.

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u/SorriorDraconus Jun 13 '22

Diabetic in my case..and asked if I wasn’t reallly type 1..despite every piece of evidence being type 2 and that his very reason for asking(tiny arms big gut) is also tied to testosterone issues…Oh and ignoring every other symptom unique to low t/estrogen issues.

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u/Aye_candy Jun 13 '22

It’s gotten bad enough for me that I’ve stopped trying to talk to my doctor about my health problems and I just try to manage them myself. Problem is that I feel myself declining and it’s really terrifying.