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Response from Men's Sexual Health:

Hi and thank for getting in touch with MSH. Many men suffer from Premature ejaculation, a recent UK survey said 10% of male population had suffered with PE at some point in their life. Another European study classed PE as lasting around 1.8 mins, and with 7.3 mins being classed as normal. As your husband is lasting only 1 min, this would be classed as PE. There are initially 4 treatments for PE you could discuss with him - 1) Distraction method - when they are nearing climax, think about something completely different than whats going on. 2) Applying a delay gel to your penis, this will decrease sensitivity and hopefully improve your duration. 3) Delay condoms, these are coated with the delay gel and with the added thickness of the condom this too will help improve your duration. 4) start stop method - when alone try masturbating till u reach the point where you are going to climax but stop yourself, repeat this 3 or 4 times to build up your own self control, and then allow yourself to climax, after a few times a week doing this, you should find yourself lasting longer. Solution number 4 is prob going to help the most, the longer he can last on his own, the more chance you can use this technique in your relationship. There could also be a physiological reason behind it if it persists and the above methods don't work, in this case therapy/counsellling could be a good option. We hope this has helped with your issue.

Answered by team member Matt
8th January 2014