The Australian Men’s Clinic has the best range of treatment options available for patients. We pride ourselves in constantly re-evaluating and keeping up with the latest trends and developments in Male Sexual Health and in the treatment of sexual dysfunction & erection problems. Our Doctors are constantly attending seminars, courses and training sessions keeping them informed and up-to-date with the latest treatment options available worldwide.
The Australian Men’s Clinic has been treating male impotence successfully over a number of years.
Our Doctors provide patients with a number of treatment options at their initial consultation. Each patient is individually tested and assessed and treated according to their individual needs. Over 95% of all patients can be treated successfully with medication alone and each treatment programme is tailor-made to suit the unique requirements of each patient.
Restoring a Man’s Confidence
It doesn’t take much for a man’s confidence to be blown to pieces, and one of the most sensitive issues for a man can be his sexual performance. In most areas, a man can build up his confidence and become quite impervious to failure or ridicule, but men can be extremely vulnerable around sex and related topics.
Once a man starts to doubt his ability, he might be uncomfortable getting into situations that might lead to sex, and his adrenaline can kick in. Adrenaline is released in response to states of shock, stress and anxiety, and it has a number of effects, including speeding up the heart and constricting blood vessels. These two effects lead to blood being diverted away from the periphery and towards the life-sustaining organs of the body, meaning:
• The thought of sex excites the man, giving him an increased heart rate. This results in extra blood flow around the body
• Immediately that happens, the fear of failure causes ‘performance anxiety’. This results in a release of adrenaline, constricting the peripheral arteries of the body
• There is now less blood supply to the penis than will be required to achieve or maintain an erection
Breaking the Cycle
If a man encounters just one humiliating experience during sex, such as losing his erection, this can have immediate results, including anxiety and the release of adrenaline. If this happens repeatedly, you might begin to doubt your abilities, and prefer to avoid humiliation: you might start avoiding sex. Some men take years to see a doctor, possibly living a lonely life because of this fear of failure – not realising that this problem can be fixed. In fact, years later, some men have even forgotten why they stopped having sex in the first place. Many of these men will complain of a low libido. When we investigate their medical history, the problem might not be a lack of desire for sex, but rather a subconscious belief that they’re incapable. These men can respond exceptionally well to treatment of their erectile dysfunction.
This highlights the dilemma: i.e. for most men, the most difficult issue is having to admit that they have a problem at all.
Only in the last few years have men’s medical issues been the exclusive concern of specialists. In general, if a man has a personal or sexual problem, he will keep it to himself. He won’t go to his mates at the pub and ask for advice, nor will he approach a complete stranger and pour his heart out. If he is more relaxed about it, he might consult his general practitioner. However, he is likely to be concerned that a general practitioner who sees other members of his family or community might accidentally reveal his problem to others. There’s never been a ‘men’s health doctor’ until now, the kind of person with whom you can have a ‘bloke-to-bloke’ talk with.
Case Study
CASE: ( * Name changed to protect patient privacy)
Peter* is a healthy middle aged male. Peter is a retired first grade footballer. He has always been fit & healthy. Apart from infrequent occasions where Peter has indulged in a good night out, he would be classed as a reasonably healthy bloke and was shocked to find out thing weren't working as well as they once did. Peter was even more surprised to find out he was a common statistic among Aussie males and there was plenty of guys like him in denial thinking that they are 1 in 1000 and that it must be something temporary.
"Unfortunately most men don't act quick enough",according to Dr Paltridge, "and 2 years of worry is not uncommon. Often it is the partner who pushes for that first step of making a call."
Peter is 42 years old. Statistically he has a 40% chance of developping ED. That is more common than the 1 in 1000 chance that he envisaged.
Peter is 5 months into a 12 month programme. He has been able to achieve a full erection using the medication from our clinic from Day One. We expect that after the 12 months, things will take over by themselves again and Peter will achieve natural erections.
Peter and his partner's only regret is that he waited 18 months before calling us on 1800 776662 to get his sex life back on track.
