To confirm male impotence, these tests are essential

Regardless of the disease, some examinations are required before and after treatment. Examinations before treatment can further confirm the disease, while examinations after treatment can consolidate the treatment effect and prevent recurrence. Take male disease impotence as an example. What formal examinations are needed?

1. Physical Examination

First, observe the patient's appearance and check the development of secondary sexual characteristics; check whether the external genitalia has any deformity or trauma, and check the size and texture of the testicles for any deformity. If genital tract inflammation is suspected, a rectal digital examination should be performed to check the size, texture, and tenderness of the prostate and seminal vesicles.

2. Laboratory Inspection

Plasma testosterone, estradiol, prolactin, progesterone, follicle-stimulating hormone, thyroid hormone and blood sugar are measured. If plasma progesterone increases and follicle-stimulating hormone decreases, the lesion is in the testicle; if both plasma progesterone and testosterone decrease, prolactin increases, and the lesion is in the subthalamus; if plasma testosterone and thyroid hormone (T3, T4) increase at the same time, it is related to hyperthyroidism.

3. Other inspections

Of course, when we find out that we have impotence, we also need to do some other examinations, such as clarifying the symptoms of impotence, because the symptoms of impotence are complex. Impotence is divided into mental impotence and organic damage impotence, and the causes of mental impotence and organic damage impotence are varied. Therefore, in daily life, for the treatment of impotence, we must clarify its symptoms and carry out targeted treatment.