Discover the truth behind your Erectile Dysfunction as Dr. Malik reveals the hidden warning signs that no one talks about.

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Why Your Erectile Dysfunction is a Warning You Must NOT Ignore!

what if I told you that having erectile dysfunction in your 50s could mean that you might have problems with your brain later on I'm Dr Rena Malek urologist and pelvic surgeon and today I'm going to tell you all about a brand new study that linked erectile dysfunction with cognitive problems later on down the line a recent study looked at this correlation between erectile function and a decline in cognitive performance meaning brain function so we know that one of the main causes of erectile dysfunction is vascular and that means problems lead to small blood vessels in the body and similar to erectile dysfunction your brain function also relies on good vascular health and blood flow and problems with blood flow can affect cognitive abilities like attention and thinking and previous research has shown that men with erectile dysfunction often have poor cognitive performance in areas like memory problem solving loving and reasoning even when you control for other factors like having high cholesterol or being obese which are also problems that cause vascular dysfunction specifically in a study of 4 000 Taiwanese men over seven years men with erectile dysfunction were 68 more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and dementia even after they adjusted for all the other cardiovascular or heart related risk factors depression and anxiety but most of these studies that have been done have focused mostly on people in their 70s and 80s so this study wanted to specifically look at men in their mid life so in this study they recruited men who were part of a study called the Vietnam twin era study they were between the ages of 51 and 59 years old they all had served in the United States military at some point between 1965 and 1975 and both pairs of twins had to participate they really they wanted to study this specific group because it was representative of American men in the United States in terms of how men look at that age in terms of health education and lifestyle they were Then followed for 12 years and assessed at two different time points at six years after and then another six years later they assessed erectile function using specific validated survey questions which is really the most common way people assess erectile function because it's really not okay to ask someone to like show you their erection in addition they asked the participants to complete certain tests that evaluated episodic memory which was the ability to remember specific like events or experiences that we happened in our past executive function or how our brain plants organizes and works towards achieving goals using skills like problem solving decision making self-control and working memory they also looked at processing speed or how quickly our brain takes in information and processes it and responds to it and what these researchers found was that people who had lower Baseline levels meaning when they were seen at that first time point of erectile function they had lower Baseline levels also of episodic memory executive function and processing speed they also found that men who had lower Baseline erectile function had faster rates of decline in the areas of processing speed even after adjusting for all other health problems that might cause issues with cognitive Health also when they looked at men over time and saw people whose erectile function got worse they were also more likely to have worsening episodic memory meaning they were forgetting things from their past and no matter what their Baseline scores were if someone's erectile function got better over time their memory function also improved and if someone's erectile function worsened over time their memory function also tended to decline meaning that changes in erectile function are linked to changes in memory function regardless of how well you started off initially the bottom line to take home from this study is don't ignore your erections we know without a doubt that it's an indicator of your heart health but now it may even be linked with poorer brain health as you age if you're noticing problems with erections make sure you see your primary doctor or urologist to get evaluated and if you do have vascular problems to figure out ways to improve your vascular Health if you guys enjoyed this video you might want to check out my video on how erectile function affects your heart health and don't forget to subscribe as always you want to take care of yourself because you're worth it

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