Mascitelli Luca
Comando Brigata Alpina "Julia", Servizio Sanitario, Udine.
Recenti Prog Med. 2007 Jun;98(6):317-21.
Several factors can disrupt the normal physiologic mechanisms involved in penile erection. Although thyroid disorders as the sole or predominant etiology of erectile dysfunction are uncommon, their detection is easy, seldom requiring more than a single blood sample. Furthermore, the restoration of euthyroid state may improve erectile function. On the other hand, most patients with a chronic thyroid disease experience some sexual symptoms. Therefore, discussion on erectile dysfunction should be considered a basic part of the medical evaluation for men with thyroid disorders. The physiopathology and diagnosis of erectile dysfunction, and the current knowledge on the relationship between thyroid disorders and erectile dysfunction are reviewed.
有几个因素会干扰阴茎勃起所涉及的正常生理机制。虽然甲状腺疾病作为勃起功能障碍的唯一或主要病因并不常见，但对其进行检测很容易，很少需要采集超过一份血样。此外，恢复甲状腺功能正常状态可能会改善勃起功能。另一方面，大多数患有慢性甲状腺疾病的患者会出现一些性症状。因此，对于患有甲状腺疾病的男性，关于勃起功能障碍的讨论应被视为医学评估的基本组成部分。本文综述了勃起功能障碍的生理病理学和诊断，以及目前关于甲状腺疾病与勃起功能障碍之间关系的知识。
