Lifelong PE (about 65% of men reporting PE) is a chronic condition, that may have been present from the first sexual experience, characterised by:
- onset from the first (or almost the first) sexual experience;
- persistence throughout life, and possibly worsening with age;
- ejaculation occurring too quickly (less than 1 minute in 90% of cases);
- ejaculation occurring too quickly on every (or almost every) occasion of sexual intercourse;
- ejaculation occurring too quickly with every (or almost every) partner.
Some men even ejaculate during the foreplay phase, before penetration or on first contact with the vagina (the so-called ejaculatio ante portas). 49% of men with PE say that they ejaculate before penetration at least occasionally.
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