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Men With COVID Have 6 Times the Risk of Erectile Dysfunction

Summary by Cindy Olmstead
  • April 23, 2021

COVID-19 increases the risk of developing erectile dysfunction (ED) by nearly sixfold, according to data from the first study to investigate the association between ED and COVID-19 in young men in a real-life setting.

Conversely, the study results suggest that men with ED, due to the underlying conditions which impair erectile response, could also be more susceptible to contracting COVID-19, according to Emmanuele A. Jannini, professor of endocrinology and medical sexology at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Research shows that the pervasiveness of ED was significantly higher among men who had contracted COVID-19 at some point compared to a similar group who had not had COVID-19.

Study authors suggested that those experiencing "a sudden onset or worsening of ED might also consider precautionary quarantine or nasopharyngeal swab, as COVID‐19 might act as a potential initiating trigger for the onset of erectile impairment, or an aggravating factor for its progression to more severe forms."

 

SOURCE: Medscape April 6, 2021