Causes of Impotence and Sterility in Male

Causes of Impotence and Sterility in Male

Impotence is the inability of a person to perform sexual intercourse. Sterility is the inability of the male to beget children, and in the female the inability to conceive children. About 10 to 15% of all married couples are involuntarily sterile.

A person can be sterile without being impotent, or he can be impotent without being sterile, or both may co-exist. Frigidity is the inability to initiate or maintain the sexual arousal pattern in the female. Ejaculation which occurs immediately before or immediately after penetration is termed premature ejaculation. Sexual dysfunction is impairment either in the desire for sexual gratification or in the ability to achieve it.

The question of impotence and sterility may arise in:

(A) Civil :

  1. Nullity of marriage,
  2. Divorce,
  3. Adultery,
  4. Disputed paternity, and legitimacy,
  5. Suits of adoption, and
  6. Claim for damages where loss of the sexual function is claimed as the result of an assault or accident.

(B) Criminal :

  1. Adultery,
  2. Rape, and
  3. Unnatural offences, where impotency is pleaded as a defense.

Possible Causes:

  1. Age :
  2. Defects of Development and Acquired Abnormalities :
  3. Local Diseases :
  4. General Diseases :
  5. Psychical Causes :

Emotional disturbances are a common cause of temporary impotence. Fear of impotence or fear or inability to complete the act is common cause of temporary impotence but usually they are soon overcome. Disgust of the sexual act or dislike of the partner may cause temporary or permanent impotence.

Anxiety, guilt sense, timidity, depression, excessive passion and sexual overindulgence produce temporary impotence.

Quoad is an individual who may be impotent with one particular woman (quoad=as regards) but not with others. Psychological-causes of impotence greatly outnumber all other causes.

Comments

Post new comment

Similar

  • Stage of weaning (complementary feeding) with maintaining proper nutrition -

    WEANING (Complementary feeding) :

    The weaning is a transitional period and process of introducing foods other than breast milk to an infant and gradually increasing the amount, so that eventually the infant becomes accustomed to the full adult diet.
  • Causes of Women's Infertility; Experts Suggesting New Way - Infertility can be the result of a number of problems either on the male or female side, but whatever the diagnosis, maintaining a positive outlook and leading a healthier lifestyle can improve your chances of conceiving. A variety of issues may have been identified.
  • Human Egg Freezing/ Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD): Doesn’t Help Pregnancy Disorders - The research on methods of improving the chances of pregnancy; fertilization; egg activation, maturation, and freezing; genetic diagnosis before implantation; and the development of embryonic stem cells is important hot issue today. Research on the cloning and use of oocytes without their transfer to the uterus for gestation was considered to warrant additional review.
  • Children’s Repetitive Ear Infections Due to Antibiotic Resistant - Acute middle ear infection is common in children. Its incidence rises during the winter, when respiratory tract infections are common. With prompt treatment, the prognosis is excellent; however, prolonged fluid buildup in the middle ear causes chronic middle ear infection, with possible puncturing of the eardrum, which transmits sound vibrations to the inner ear.
  • Preparing for Exercise? Some Basics for Choosing Exercise Equipment - Exercise is to promote physical activity and exercise as a means to attain and maintain health, physical fitness, and quality of life throughout the lifespan.
  • Composition of Breast Milk and Comparison With Cows and Standard Formula Milk - Immediately after delivery breast milk is yellowish and sticky. This milk is called colostrum and is secreted for about 5 days, thereafter a transitional milk is produced which follows the production of mature milk from two weeks postpartum and the composition also differ.
  • Why Infants Often Get Fever? - Fever is a sign of interaction between antigen and the host's defense mechanism. The body maintains normal core body temperature at a set point of 37°C (98.6°F), within a narrow range of 1 - 1.5 °C.