How long does it take to treat sexual dysfunction?

There is really no unified standard answer to this question. Those with mild symptoms and a single trigger may see significant improvement in two or three weeks. There are also many people with long-term disease duration and combined with underlying diseases who need treatment for half a year or more to stabilize. Individual differences can be extremely large.

The 28-year-old programmer I treated a while ago stayed up late for three months in a row to catch up on the launch of the project. In the middle of it, he and his girlfriend quarreled about their engagement for almost a month. Suddenly, he developed erection difficulties. He came for a check-up in a panic. The hormones and blood supply to the cavernous body were normal. It was a typical psychological factor plus a work-rest disorder. I prescribed him some mild conditioning medicine, asked him to adjust his work and rest, and did two consecutive psychological counseling sessions with my partner. When it was 20 days old, he sent me a message saying that he had returned to his previous state. After more than a month of follow-up, there was no recurrence.

But if the disease lasts for a long time and is involved in underlying diseases, the pace will slow down completely. Last year, a 42-year-old business executive came to see a doctor. He had a 6-year history of hypertension and diabetes. It took almost 10 years for his erectile function to decline before he was willing to come for a check-up. On angiography, he could see atherosclerotic stenosis in the cavernous arteries. The blood supply itself was poor. First, he had to control his blood pressure and blood sugar to a stable level. After setting the target and gradually adjusting the blood vessel function, he didn't feel much change in the first month or so. It was not until the third month that he finally successfully completed sexual intercourse. It has been almost a year now and he is still undergoing regular follow-up visits to adjust his medication. Occasionally, after socializing and drinking too much, there will be some fluctuations after staying up late, so he has to fine-tune the plan at any time.

If it is primary premature ejaculation caused by glans sensitivity and there are no other organic problems in itself, as long as they are willing to cooperate and persist in behavioral desensitization training, many people can raise their ejaculation threshold in one or two months, and their intercourse time can be significantly extended.； But if secondary premature ejaculation is caused by repeated stimulation of chronic prostatitis, the active phase of inflammation must be suppressed first. This cycle will follow the recovery rhythm of inflammation, and there is no point in rushing.

In fact, conditioning is like clearing a frozen water pipe. If it has just been frozen recently and only a small section is blocked, pour some hot water and clear it quickly.； If it has been frozen for several years and the entire water pipe is tightly blocked and has rust and corrosion problems, it must be unclogged slowly and the rusty areas must be repaired along the way. You cannot expect that the hot water will be available immediately as soon as you turn on the hot water. Nowadays, there are many extreme opinions on the Internet, either claiming that sexual dysfunction can be cured in 7 days, which is purely deceiving people. If such a good thing existed, there would not be so many people who have been troubled by the problem for several years. ； It is also an exaggeration to say that this problem needs to be treated for three to five years before it can be cured. Most patients without serious organic damage can basically achieve good improvement results within three months as long as they can adjust their living habits and cooperate with treatment according to the doctor's instructions.