About 10 million men in this country have impotence. The number could really be much higher, because many men may keep the problem a secret. Men who have diabetes have a special reason to learn about impotence. It occurs among 50 to 60 percent of all men with diabetes over the age of 50. Let's be clear about what impotence is.
Impotence means that all or most of the time, the penis fails to get or stay hard enough for sex.
You can't have or keep an erection. Impotence is not an occasional failure of erection. It is not premature ejaculation, decrease in sexual desire, or failure of ejaculation or orgasm. However, all of these can happen with impotence. Causes of Impotence Impotence has many causes perhaps 100 or more.