The primary health care provider or a urologist should be consulted if a man is concerned about possible impotence. Prostate hypertrophy can eventually interfere with urination. Changes in the prostate gland predispose elderly men to urinary tract infections . Prostate cancer becomes more common in aged men. It is one of the most frequent causes of cancer death for men.
Bladder cancer is also a frequent cancer for older men.
Impotence that is caused by medications, illness, and so on is often successfully treated. Sexual response changes are most frequently related to factors other than simple aging. Sex is more likely if a willing partner is available and if sexual activity has continued during middle age.