Struggling with premature ejaculation? It's all in your head

Men struggling with premature ejaculation will not welcome this news

PREMATURE ejaculation isn't a topic often discussed - and one doctor thinks it's all in your head.

 

In the list of ailments you'd prefer not to talk to your mates about down the pub, premature ejaculation has to rank quite highly. 

But one doctor reckons the problems are all in your head - rather than physical.

 

A doctor at the Italian Sexology Centre has argued the treatment of the condition is not something that requires drugs. 

Dr Vincenzo Puppo - with the help of his daughter Dr Giulia Puppo, of the University of Florence - claim back in 1915 when the condition was first unearthed it was considered a psychological condition. 

 

Italian doctors have claimed PE is all in the sufferer's head

Suspiciously, in their eyes, it's now a multimillion dollar business around the world - but do the drugs really work? 

The pair have written a study called - Comprehensive Review of the Anatomy and Physiology of Male Ejaculation: Premature Ejaculation Is Not a Disease 

In the study they write: "It has become the centre of a multimillion dollar business: is premature ejaculation and female sexual dysfunction—an illness constructed by sexual medicine experts under the influence of drug companies?"

They ask that sexologists and sexual medicine acknowledge PE is not a disease and must not be classified as a male sexual dysfunction. 

 

In 1915 when the condition was first unearthed it was considered a psychological condition

The father-daughter doctor duo claim it is 'normal' for any healthy adolescent man owing to his inexperience in sexual matters. 

An Italian study found that performing exercises to strengthen their pelvic floor muscles for 12 weeks could help those 'with a lifelong problem'.

The NHS Choices website clarifies there is NO definition of how long intercourse should last. It reads: "However, it's up to the individual and his partner to decide whether or not they're happy with the time it takes for him to ejaculate. There is no definition of how long intercourse should last."