Men who suffer from impotence are more likely to have a heart attack. This is what German researchers from the Universität des Saarlandes have discovered.
The study found that men who struggled with impotence had a heart attack twice as often and died from it. In addition, strokes in this group ten percent more common than in men without impotence. Impotence is linked to a impaired blood flow in the penis and may therefore be an early sign of narrowing arteries, the researchers say.
The study followed more than 1,500 men with cardiovascular problems for five years to see if they were having a heart attack or a stroke. got. In the course of the study, it was also checked several times whether the men suffered from impotence.
The researchers point out that impotence is too often treated with drugs without looking at the root cause. When the drugs work, the men don't go back to their doctor. The 'problem' is thus treated , but not the cardiovascular problems that often cause impotence.
