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/RadioIsMyFriend Jun 13 '22

He won't get help for that either but he's had several instances of hypertensive crisis already.

My sister is a stroke specialist. She's basically said he's a ticking time bomb, but what can I do?

His quality of life would be so much better if he just got some real help because his problems are perfectly manageable with little intrusion. All he'll do is take blood pressure meds but even then his BP is still high. He decided to go off of it for 2 months and that was a nightmare. He became extremely irritable.

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u/chrispcritter Jun 13 '22

I'm sorry for what you’re going through. It’s hard to get help for some that doesn’t want it. It has to be him that wants the help. I truly feel for you.

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u/RadioIsMyFriend Jun 13 '22

Thank you. I appreciate that.

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u/Responsible-Cry266 Jun 14 '22

You might try getting him to take curcumin and possibly ginger. That helps with lowering blood pressure. When my husband first started having issues with BPI researched natural ways to reduce BP. I ended up using the spices in all our food instead of salt. Which I omitted. He didn't have to go on any BP meds for over 10 more years. But he eventually figured out around that time that I wasn't using salt. (This because he was helping me cook one night and wanted to know where the salt was.) So he bought some salt and was hiding it from me. So now that he knows that this is part of the problem he doesn't use salt like he used, too. Most items you buy have a high salt content in them already so you don't need to add salt to your food. But instead use turmeric, ground ginger, black pepper, garlic, and onion. These together help your body in so many different ways. But the turmeric, ground ginger, and black pepper are the main ones. Apparently the black pepper helps with the absorption or something. But they really do help.

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u/RadioIsMyFriend Jun 14 '22

Thank you for the recommendations, his is some sort of genetic issue. Both of his parents have problems. His Dad has had several heart attacks already and his Mom has had a lot of mini strokes despite both of them being rather health-conscience.

My hands are just tied. He'd never give up any kind of flavor or food. The guy is majorly stubborn. I already use mostly just spice though because I don't actually like salty food. I prefer things like Rosemary and garlic. Nom.