However, impotence is most often the result of something other than simple aging. Disorders such as diabetes mellitus can also cause impotence. If impotence occurs, it can often be treated. Medications may be able to be changed, and other impotence treatments can be helpful. 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.