Sex plays an important role in shaping human lives. It is now that the sex impulse is present in various forms from the earliest months until the end of life. Being a basic instinct like hunger, its satisfaction is essential for sustained harmony and well-being.
The sexual act not only quietens the excitement which is a natural occurrence during maturity, but also refreshes the body and mind. It also contributes to mental development. In fact, it exercises a powerful influence upon every organ and cell and every physical and chemical process, including the nervous system.
Sexual activity, however, demands complete concentration and relaxation. It cannot be performed in haste and tension. The modern men who are usually tense and highly occupied are unable to follow these norms. The consumption of alcohol also leads to inadequate sexual functioning. Many persons, therefore, suffer from sexual disorders.
Impotence
Impotence is the most common of all the sexual disorders in the male. It can be defined as failure to obtain an erection or maintain it for a reasonable length of time without attaining organism. The main causes of impotence are fatigue, devitalised condition of the system in general, abuse or misuse of the sexual organism over a long period, glandular deficiencies, infectious diseases including veneral disease and psychological factors.
About 90 per cent cases of impotency are caused by psychological factors. Inadequate performance results from loss of confidence and other preoccupations of the mind. Many people carry their office problems to bed. They are constantly under stress and stress is the deadly enemy of potency. It stimulates the sympathetic nerve which inhibits erection. These persons are haunted by the fear of loss of desire or an occassional failure of potency occurs. This may result in impotence which has a devastating effect on their personal lives.
Impotence may quite often result from one’s feelings of guilt about masturbation, pre-marital sex or about having contracted veneral diseases previously. In fact, any act which arouses feelings of insecurity can precipitate impotency.
Premature Ejaculation
Premature ejaculation is another extremely common sexual disorder prevalent among the males. In this condition the man gets an orgasm even before penetration or soon thereafter without allowing his partner to reach a climax.
This leaves both partners dissatisfied. If this inability continues in more than half the number of times a person has sex, he can be classified as “disturbed “. This usually results from high level of sexual excitement accompanied by mental tension and anxiety. Apprehension of either the partner or the sexual act can aggravate or precipitate this problem.
Venereal Diseases
There has been an alarming increase in venereal or sexual transmitted diseases ( V.D. or S.T.D.) due to pro0 miscuity and free sex. These diseases are caused by bacteria and germs and can become very serious if not treated properly and early. The most common diseases in this category are syphillis and gonorrhea.
Syphillis is probably one of the oldest diseases of the human race. Sexual contact is the commonest way in which this disease is spread through a community. But many of those who contract the disease are innocent. Little children are sometimes born with this disease. It may also be transmitted from one person to another by kissing or handling infected clothing or other articles.
Syphillis usually begins as a small ulcerating type of lesion which may occur anywhere in the body, the most common sites being the penis, the vulva or in the vagina. The violent or rough sex indulgence often results in abrasions and thus the virus comes in direct contact with blood.
Gonorrhea is usually transmitted by sexual contact. An acute inflammation of the male urethra or the vagina of the female due to infection through pus by the gonorrhea germs is known as gonorrhea. The person having a high degree of toxaemia and a low vitality may develop this condition with the slightest secretion. A clean blood stream and a high vitality on the other hand may protect one from this disease.
This wise plan, however, is to avoid all chances of infection. The common chance is the sexual act in which one of the partners has this disease. Sometimes it may be contracted through other sources of it may be hereditary.
Gonorrhoea is a more difficult disease than syphillis to identify. About two-thirds of women with this disease have no symptoms at all or at most very trivial ones which may be passed off as an apparently harmless vaginal discharge. The usual symptom in the male is a discharge from the tip of the penis.
If the disease is neglected or improperly treated, it may spoil the entire blood stream which may produce gonorrhoeal rheumatism and will also affect the eyes. Proper treatment is, therefore, highly important soon after occurrence of the infection.