sex problem

[mrslittle777]

my husband has hepititus C and his penis won't stay erected to go insidde my vagina so that we can have intercourse,he tried taking a vertility pill to help him and it's not working and it's causing him to bleed from his anas also there is another pill he tried and it made him start shaking uncontrollably with no erection at all plus his heart was racing fast. what can we do.it's affecting our marriage.can someone help please!

[DoubleDose]

Just a comment:  one of the first things my Hepatologist told me before therapy was that I would probably experience erectile dysfunction during tx, as most of his male patients had over the years. He has treated literally hundreds of patients in large and small scale studies, and has published tons of articles and study results.  I will take his word on the effects that are generally experienced during tx...from his first hand observations. I think it is likely 'common knowledge' among treating doctors that the tx itself is very detrimental to erectile dsyfunction.  It sure was for me.

I will try to find some up to date articles on the subject to satisfy your desire for 'contemporary' research.  

I think the original question pertained to the disease itself contributing to ED...which it often DOES.  

DD

[willbb]

  "In addition, the tx also has a very negative impact on erectile function.

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Below is from the last link you included above...it was an article written 10 years ago..and is very ambiguous and seems undecided whether or not INF. has any effect on ED,and that more studies needed to be done. Could you  list and post those more current studies to support your statement above.

"Nonetheless, both liver failure and interferon alfa may also contribute to erectile dysfunction, and treatment should be individualized," Ferri's team writes. Suggesting that antiviral treatment may relieve erectile dysfunction, the researchers recommend that this approach be studied in clinical trials. They also advise physicians to consider hepatitis C infection when diagnosing erectile dysfunction.

[DoubleDose]

Actually, on a serious note, there have been a number of articles and studies linking HCV with erectile dysfunction.  In addition, the tx also has a very negative impact on erectile function.  But, the disease itself often impacts erectile function.  Here are just a few links:

http://www.advisemen.com/182/hepatitis-c-and-erectile-dysfunction/

http://www.natap.org/2002/august/081402_1.htm     (a pretty solid study)

http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/images/083002b.html   (another study)

DoubleDose

[flcyclist]

You read my mind, lol.  Sounds like mrlittle need some assitance.

Read Flguys comment earlier today and thought I was going to have to clean the screen.  Too funny. :)

mrslilttle, if this isn't a troll post, hubby needs to see a doc about this.

[Trish77]

Was referring to your first post...

[Trish77]

Wow...good data.  First time I've ever seen that come up here.  Uh...no pun intended.  Geez...another extra-hepatic issue to take into account.