Man's years of premature ejaculation had a rare cause
In an unusual case, a man's premature , painful ejaculation s turned out to have a rare cause: a cyst interfering with nerves near the base of his spinal cord. According to a description of the case, published in February in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior , the 32-year-old man went to the doctor after roughly two years of experiencing premature ejaculation (PE), broadly defined as a condition in which a person orgasms and releases semen sooner than desired — generally, in less than one minute after starting intercourse. Estimates for the condition's prevalence vary, but research suggests that between 30% and 40% of men experience PE at some point in their lives, according to the Cleveland Clinic . Causes of PE vary widely and may be physical — for example, they may be tied to levels of certain hormones involved in sexual function. Or, they may be psychological, related to stress or performance anxiety, for example. But in this patient's case, a body scan reve...