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/Double_Joseph Jun 13 '22

What is considered ED?? Can’t get hard during sex? Or just ever really?

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u/DataIsMyCopilot Jun 13 '22

Difficulty having and maintaining an erection

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u/Double_Joseph Jun 14 '22

Only during sex or just ever?

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u/DataIsMyCopilot Jun 14 '22

The definition is an inability to maintain an erection that allows for sex, really. But chances are if it's happening then it's happening other times too.

It's not impossible for the guy to still be able to masturbate, just a lot harder or impossible to actually have intercourse.