Originally published May 26 2005
Men with high blood pressure may be at risk for erectile dysfunction
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A new study links high blood pressure to erectile dysfunction (ED), and also states that men with pre-hypertension are also at an increased risk for ED. The study showed 35 percent of men with high blood pressure had ED, compared to only 14 percent of men without high blood pressure. Also, men on more or older blood pressure medication tended to have ED over men who were on newer, or less medications. Separate studies show that most Americans do not have normal blood pressure, with 30 percent having high blood pressure, and another 30 percent having pre-hypertension. Obesity is also a huge factor in blood pressure problems. Experts say erectile dysfunction is fairly common, and a man's chances of experiencing it increase with age.
High blood pressure may increase men's risk of erectile dysfunction, researchers say.
Erectile problems are also more common among men with prehypertension, say Michael Doumas, MD, and colleagues.
Prehypertension is higher-than-normal blood pressure but below the cutoff for high blood pressure.
In other words, if a man's blood pressure is anything but normal, he may have a higher risk of erectile dysfunction, the new study shows.
The findings were presented in San Francisco at the American Society of Hypertension's 20th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition.
Most U.S. adults don't have normal blood pressure, according to two studies published last fall in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Healthy eating -- more fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, and limited salt -- can help control blood pressure problems.
When high blood pressure is diagnosed, medications help achieve blood pressure goals.
High blood pressure is systolic blood pressure (the first or "top" number) of 140 or higher and/or diastolic blood pressure of 90 or higher.
"It is estimated that at least 20 million American men have some degree of erectile dysfunction," says Doumas in a news release.
About 40% of men in their 40s report at least occasional problems getting and maintaining erections.
Doumas and colleagues studied 634 men who came to their high blood pressure outpatient clinic at Greece's University of Athens.
Of the 358 men with high blood pressure, 89 had never undergone blood pressure treatment, 160 were taking at least one blood pressure medication, and 107 men were taking at least two blood pressure medications.
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