Abstract
Erectile dysfunction is a multidimensional but common male sexual dysfunction that involves an alteration in any of the components of the erectile response and it has been poorly recognized and managed in the past, due to its taboo aspects and erroneous perceptions of its medical significance. With research, improved understanding has guided a practical approach to its diagnosis and treatment. In most presentations, erectile dysfunction has an organic etiology. Likely causes are often discerned from the clinical history and physical examination. Management may be a simple matter of addressing correctable risk factors, or a direct intervention may need to be pursued. Erectile dysfunction taboo is one of the limitation for early diagnosis of erectile dysfunction.
Aim/Objective: To address the importance of erectile dysfunction, why patients with erectile dysfunction don't seek medical advice earlier in course of the disease and what methods medical staff Tried to break the ice with patient sufferers from erectile dysfunction.
Methods : This a review of literature about erectile dysfunction taboo and breaking the ice of erectile dysfunction taboo by using a published researches. Around 14 countries involved in this review of literature addressing the commonest causes of erectile dysfunction taboo and methods to break the ice with erectile dysfunction taboo.
Results : Erectile dysfunction taboo can varies from country to another due to cultural differences, education and socioeconomic states, however, the methods to break the ice are nearly the same.
Conclusion: ED is common yet under-reported, due to the stigma surrounding it.