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Dhat Syndrome is a rare clinical syndrome or condition that causes Sexual Weakness in men
Vanakkam, Namaste & welcome. My name is Dr Shah, and I am a practicing andrologist in chennai. In this short post, lets quickly discuss the very infamous Dhat Syndrome, loosely referred to as sexual weakness or sexual tiredness.
Now, lets move on to the good stuff…
Men diagnosed with Dhat Syndrome complaint of
- Feeling very tired along with a constant sense of fatigue
- Secondly lower back pain is seen
- They also feel their organ is shrinking in size. Small penis syndrome is not uncommon among men with Dhat Syndrome
- Thirdly, they also report having erectile dysfunction
Quickly watch the video below, It wont take more than 5 minutes of your time
The first question is
What is Dhat Syndrome?
The word Dhat is derived from the word ‘dhatus’ a term seen in both the ayurvedic/vedic texts. Dhatus means ‘the bodily fluids’
Consequently, Dhat syndrome refers to a clinical condition were men complaint of ‘feeling low. feeling weak. feeling tired along a sense of nervousness, rest tremor in hands and generally feeling depressed’.
Moreover, men with Dhat syndrome feel impotent along with a general loss of fertility too.
However, the most important reason for these symptoms as stated by patients is due to ‘semen loss’.
This loss of semen can happen during sleep (called nightfalls) which is not under the control of patients. Moreover, the loss of semen can be voluntary which is via masturbation.
Either-way, men with Dhat syndrome, feel very tired weak and also report erectile dysfunction.
Interestingly,
Among all the bodily fluids, semen seems to have been considered to be the most important of body fluids as per the vedic/ayurvedic scriptures.
Furthermore, how common is Dhat Syndrome or this sexual weakness?
We really do not have the exact data. One thing we know for sure is that, Dhat syndrome seems to be more predominant among, indian, pakistani, bangladesh and chinese men.
So, for sure this condition is actually specific to certain cultures, making it a cultural condition. Their seems to be only about 45 to 50 published studies in this condition called Dhat Syndrome
Which age is Dhat Syndrome common?
Typically, the common age of Dhat syndrome is somewhere between 18 to 25 years. However, we have seen men in their late 30’s experience it.
An estimated 40% of men would experience Dhat syndrome at-least once in their lifetimes. To highlight, the symptoms commonly seen are
- A generalized sense of tiredness and a lack of motivation
- Rest tremors combined with anxiety
- Furthermore, these men also go into full fledged clinical depression & they feel life is not worth living
- Lastly severe erectile dysfunction is also seen
Much of these symptoms are blamed because of semen loss (the loss the bodies most vital fluid)
Why does Dhat Syndrome develop in the first place?
Truth be told, we really do not know. We also do not know as to why it specifically develops among specific cultures. What we do know however is that, a lack of sex education and culturally propagated orthodox belief systems can lead to the development of this condition.
Another point to know is that, this sexual weakness due to Dhat syndrome has been listed as an ICD10 disease condition and also in the DSM4 manual which is prominently used by Psychiatrists.
However, most medical professionals are unaware that such a condition even exists as such. Patients are at the receiving end, eventually and never get treated or evaluated rightly.
Now, lets move on to the last part of the post
How how to treat sexual weakness? or Dhat?
Once the patient has been diagnosed with this type of sexual weakness, treatment strategies include the use of
- Anti-anxiety medications
- Anti-depressant use
- Next psycho-sexual counseling and/or cognitive behavioral therapy
- Lastly medications have to prescribed to improve overall erection and sexual performance
A combination of treatments usually work wonders to improve the patients symptoms quite quickly. In the absence of treatments, patients eventually suffer unduly post marriage.
Sadly, many patients do not receive the right degree of care for the condition since the general awareness of the condition in patients and among healthcare practitioners is very less
So, I hope you enjoyed reading this post. Do drop in your comments below. Dr Shah, consultant chennai sexologist this side. Keep watching this space for more interesting articles
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