Premature Ejaculation

As many as 20% of men have experienced premature ejaculation at least once in their lifetime.¹ As the most common sexual dysfunctional condition befalling men, a lot of interest surrounds premature ejaculation (PE).

Nevertheless, there isn’t a single encompassing definition to describe the condition. The premature ejaculation definition changes quite often. However, at least now it is considered a serious medical condition and not a psychological problem.

All the same, this boils down to one fact. Premature ejaculation is a condition when you reach climax during the act faster than you would like to. This causes some personal distress like a bruised ego and a feeling of diminished masculinity.

Despite the lack of a medical consensus on the exact clinical definition of premature ejaculation, there are some signs and symptoms that point to potential PE.³

Premature ejaculation is normal if it is an infrequent occurrence. However, if this occurs frequently, one might have to get checked out for PE by a sexual health doctor.

Here are some of the symptoms and conditions that point to premature ejaculation:

• ejaculation during intimacy or before penetration is completed
• ejaculation within one minute of penetrating since one’s first act of intercourse
• significant reduction in the intravaginal ejaculation latency time to about 3 minutes or less
• unable to stop or delay ejaculations whenever there is penetration

If any of these holds, there’s bound to be some psychological implications on the man, including:

• frustration
• bruised ego
• avoidance of sexual encounters
• personal distress
• Inability to conceive a child