•Says over 65 per cent of Nigerian men at risk of suffering from weak organ at 40
From Magnus Eze, Enugu
Erectile dysfunction is growing in Nigeria and it has reached an alarming level. And, according to a health specialist, Dr. David Paddy, with little or no attention paid to regular exercise, continuous consumption of processed foods, changing eating and resting patterns, etcetera, erectile dysfunction would continue to give many Nigerian men sleepless nights.
Paddy, who is the founder of Paddy Paddy Wellness, said men who suffer from erectile dysfunction might be more at risk of stroke, heart disease and premature death.
“It is imperative for men to take action and tackle this issue head-on before it takes a toll on their overall health and well-being,” he advised.
Paddy, in an interview with Daily Sun, stated that over 65 per cent of Nigerian men are at risk of suffering from erectile dysfunction at the age of 40.
He said: “The issue of erectile dysfunction is alarming because, on a daily basis, I get countless questions from people asking me how they could get rid of the problem. I sent out a survey recently to know which was the biggest problem men are facing currently. And, among these issues, erectile dysfunction in the form of low libido, weak erection and premature ejaculation was the highest.
“This is not surprising because, in 2019, one Dr. Festus from the University of Ife conducted a survey and he found out that the percentage of men suffering erectile dysfunction as at 2019 was around 44 per cent. It got us thinking that if we had 44 per cent of men having this issue in 2019, imagine what the number is in 2023. If you look at the statistics, you would understand the need for us to begin to educate our men.”
He listed the causes to include infections, abdominal fat and low testosterone levels. He explained that testosterone was largely attributed to age because, as a man grows older, his testosterone level decreases.
Paddy further explained that God has blessed man with natural herbs to take care of all these things, including providing a lot of natural resources to increase hormonal levels and a lot more.
“If your testosterone or hormonal level is growing low, he has provided things around us with which to increase it and thereby increase our performance. But, like I said, ignorance is one of the reasons a lot of people don’t know that these things exist, let alone using them to help themselves.
“The rate of erectile dysfunction is increasing on a daily basis and we have to do something about it.
“Let me give you an instance as to why I said this. A clinical research or study carried out about a couple of years ago showed that the average sperm level in men was about 40 million cells. Now, a decade later, it was discovered that the average sperm cells in men had reduced to 15 million. Can you see the huge gap? Can you see the difference? This simply tells you that there’s a problem. It should tell us that there’s a very serious silent killer on the prowl among men. This is killing men gradually, and the problem is most men are too embarrassed to talk about it. It’s hard for men to walk up to a doctor and say I cannot perform in bed. But when we put out our messages out there, it will attract them and it becomes easier for them to reach out and speak out.
“About 65 per cent of Nigerian men are likely to suffer from the stigmatisation of having weak or no erection once they are 40 years old. This silent humiliation and suffering has given rise to an urgent need for conversation and effective solutions to address this pervasive problem.”
He blamed shift in lifestyle for the increasing wave of erectile dysfunction, high blood pressure and the likes among Nigerian men. He said: “The lifestyle of our forefathers back then was simple. In those days, our fathers consumed chemical-free liquids. At that time, they also had nothing to do with processed foods. Everything was natural for them. There was a lot of natural activities for them then; you had more people going to the farm, you had people walking kilometres and you had more people eating fresh foods.
“And that’s why it sounds funny when you hear people say I’m a traditional man, I’m a modern man. And you also hear all these debates where some ladies say I can’t make fresh foods for my husband like the ancient women used to, and that if he can’t eat processed foods, he can go and die. Of course, that’s why men are dying. This is because our mothers in those days understood these things, and even though they didn’t know the exact science, they knew the importance of having fresh foods in the body. So, we are going to give credit to them as well.”
Continuing, the wellness specialist noted that the problem was deeply rooted because “everybody is on the go. There’s no time to relax; there’s no time to meditate, there’s no time to actually work on getting rid of stress. So, all these things combined together are the reason there is a serious rise in these health challenges among men.
“The new man has to go and tap into the secrets of the old man and ask, ‘how did the old man survive? What did the old man do differently?’”
He concluded that it is this sort of conversation that will bring the solution.
