Have Partial Erections, Travelled On A Long Flight. Are They Related?

Posted on Thu, 13 Sep 2012

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Question : i seem to suffer from partial erection problems, after a long flight. I'm not sure if they are related.
in am 57 and until now had normal/active sexual life

Answered by Dr. G.Srinivasan (1 hour later)

Hi,

Thanks for your query to XXXXXXX
If the erection is good enough to have satisfactory intercourse, u need no treatment.
Most probably, the long flight is just a coincidence.

Factors that need to be controlled are---
1. Weight.
2. Blood pressure.
3. Sugar levels-at this point in time, diet control in enough.

Factors that promote good sexual health are----
1 Regular exercise.
2. Avoidance of smoking and restriction of alcohol.
3. Healthy emotional relationship with sexual partner.
4. Enough time for foreplay before the act of sex.

If things do not improve despite the above measures, u need careful focussed history and physical examination by a urologist and proceed from there.
Hope this helps, kindly get back for doubts if any.

Regards
DR GS

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