Penis Issues

[jharper5]

Hi. In January 2016 my husband had a blocked prostrate and was unable to pass urine until a catheter was fitted in hospital. He was also very ill with an unknown virus and lost 4 1/2 stone in weight over the course of six weeks. As he was very ill and week. he was not able to have the TURP operation on his prostrate until August 2016, and so had a catheter in during all of that period, and therefore suffered many infections and blockages to the catheter.
Following the TURP, all was pronounced fine and my husband was able to pass urine by himself again. He is now about 80% recuperated and has put back on all of the lost weight, but gets tired and giddy very quickly following any exertion. However, my relevant question to you is that, since that date, he has been unable to have an erection. Whilst that in itself is not harming our relationship, it does seem to be depressing him slightly, and I was wondering if you had any opinions or advice about this matter? My husband was 72 in May of this year.

[Mr Vaibhav Modgil]

Thanks for your question.

Your husbands erectile issues may or may not be related to the previous operation. It is not uncommon for patients with lower urinary tract symptoms to have erectile dysfunction too.

I would recommend you arrange a referral to your local urologist via your GP. Your GP May be able to start tablet based treatment such as sildenafil (viagra) in the meantime if there are no contraindications and he/she feels this would benefit him.