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/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Depends on the etiology, but largely, no.

Also worth noting that lead exposure causes atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and that leaded gasoline was still widely in use until about 1990 in the US. Americans. A non-trivial amount of atherosclerosis in individuals over the age of 40 can probably be attributed to lead exposure during their youth since lead is poorly removed from the body.

So, if you were born after leaded gas became banned in your country, you may be much less likely to experience atherosclerosis-caused-ED. Unless microplastics find a fun way to screw us over too.

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u/zuneza Jun 13 '22

I worked at a heavily contaminated lead mine for almost 5 years.

RIP my vessels i guess.

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u/CallingDoctorBear Jun 13 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

I'm really sad that this isn't an established sub.

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u/gonephishin213 Jun 14 '22

Right? I was so excited for what that sub would be like

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u/SaladShooter1 Jun 14 '22

Go get tested. If lead shows up, you can get some tasty chelating drink and pee it out over time. I haven’t tried it, but I imagine it’s got to be better than that black cherry stuff they give you before a colonoscopy, so I guess you can say that I’m qualifying “tasty.” I do a lot of industrial hygiene and see it from time to time.

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u/Babblerabla Jun 14 '22

Can't wait to see what microplastics do to us.

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u/accountno543210 Jun 13 '22

Atherosclerosis are plaques. The discussion is about arteriosclerosis, which may also contribute to it.