Updated Dec 29, 2007 at 2:42 EST.
Premature ejaculation can be a hard thing to diagnose and treat.
For one thing there is not one universally recognized definition of the condition and there are no prescription drugs approved by the FDA to treat it.
In the November 2007 edition of the Urologic Clinics of North America, Stanley E Althof, PhD reviews the way doctors assess and treat premature ejaculation from the point of view of the patient.
The Chinese Index of Premature Ejaculation (CIPE) is often used as a diagnostic tool.
It has five items that assess ejaculation time from intromission, control of over IELT times, sexual satisfaction, partner satisfaction and anxiety and depression related to sex.
Althof comments in the article that the tool can be effective in identifying PE, but should not be trusted as a final outcome measure to diagnose PE.
Written by the PEhomepage.com Editorial Team.
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