Evaluation of erectile dysfunction in patients with asthma

Abstract

Objectives The aim of the current study was to investigate Erectile dysfunction (ED) in asthma patients without comorbidity and the relationship between the level of asthma control and ED. Methods Forty male patients aged 24‐50 years with controlled‐to‐uncontrolled asthma and 20 healthy volunteers were included in this study. The International Index of Erectile Function Questionnaire (IIEF) for ED was used. Results Evaluation of the IIEF scores for ED showed that 23 (57.5%) of the asthma patients and 4 (20.0%) of the controls had various degrees of ED, and the difference was statistically significant. In total, 25% of asthma patients had mild ED, 22.5% moderate ED, and 10% severe ED. Severe, moderate and mild ED was more frequent in the asthma group. Of the 23 patients who had various degrees of ED, 13 were in the uncontrolled asthma group. While all asthma patients with severe ED were in the uncontrolled asthma group, of the 9 asthma patients with moderate ED, 6 were in the uncontrolled asthma group, 2 were in the partially controlled asthma group and one was in the controlled asthma group. Additionally, of the 10 asthma patients with mild ED, 3 were in the uncontrolled asthma group, 2 were in the partially controlled asthma group and 5 were in the controlled asthma group. Conclusion The current study showed that ED is frequent and more severe in asthma patients than controls with same age. A highly negative correlation was found between ED degree and asthma control severity.

Estimated Prevalence of Asthma in US Children With Developmental Disabilities

“…27 Notably, results herein showed that children in the hearing-loss group were at the highest odds for concurrent asthma. However, this group also had a high variability as seen from the error bars in the Figure . This finding is supported by a report of a randomized clinical trial 29 to examine auditory functions among adults with chronic asthma. The authors reported that hearing loss, especially in high frequencies, presented more often than expected among individuals with concurrent asthma.…”

“…This finding is supported by a report of a randomized clinical trial to examine auditory functions among adults with chronic asthma. The authors reported that hearing loss, especially in high frequencies, presented more often than expected among individuals with concurrent asthma . The etiology of hearing loss could also include systemic hypoxia associated with asthma.…”

“…The authors reported that hearing loss, especially in high frequencies, presented more often than expected among individuals with concurrent asthma. 29 The etiology of hearing loss could also include systemic hypoxia associated with asthma. Specifically, hypoxia decreases cerebral blood flow and causes inadequate blood supply in the cochlea and eventually leads to the development of hearing loss.…”

A higher TyG index is related with a higher prevalence of erectile dysfunction in males between the ages 20-70 in the United States, according to a cross-sectional research

“…The potential confounding factors that may affect the association between the TyG index and ED were identified in multivariate adjusted models. Covariates in our study included age (years), race, education level, poverty to income ratio (PIR), marital status (married or living with partner/single), alcohol consumption (drinking or not), cholesterol level (mg/dl), body mass index (BMI), smoking status (yes/no), hypertension, diabetes, asthma ( 27 ), coronary artery disease ( 26 ), testosterone (ng/ml) and estradiol (pg/ml).…”

The Relationship between Allergic Disease and Sexual Dysfunction: A Scoping Review

“…Başar’s results [27] demonstrated that the controls’ average FSFI score was 27.0 ± 5.1 in contrast to the asthmatic patients’ 22.8 ± 5.6. Kilic and his colleague [32] also reported that the IIEF score of their asthmatic participants was 20.40 ± 6.70, but their counterparts could score 25.55 ± 1.70; furthermore, they discovered that the 19 patients classified as well-controlled can score nearly 5 and 10 points higher in the IIEF score than those regarded as partly and poorly controlled, respectively. Similar findings were also shown in Soto Campos’ article [30], which not only revealed significantly different FSFI (22.14 ± 9.47 vs. 26.57 ± 6.84, p < 0.005) and IIEF scores (59.50 ± 12.57 vs. 64.33 ± 8.28, p < 0.05) among asthmatic and healthy individuals but also disclosed a positive correlation between the level of asthma control and sexual functional score.…”