Is your job giving you erectile dysfunction?

Some problems can cause trouble working in the boardroom and in the bedroom.Erectile dysfunction affects millions — and while it was once thought of as an older man’s issue, it’s becoming increasingly common in younger men, too.While there are many causes of ED — including underlying health issues — new research had found that a hard job can make things less hard elsewhere.Mind over mojo is a top trigger for going soft, according to Dr.Leon Telis, a board-certified urologist and director of the Men’s Health Program at Mount Sinai Hospital.“A very large portion of ED in younger men is what’s called psychosomatic, basically stress- and anxiety-induced,” Telis previously told The Post.And with the workplace being a top stressor, a study in the International Journal of Clinical Practice suggests it’s linked to sexual dysfunction.Assessing workplace psychological stress of 826 men aged 22 to 40 working full-time, researchers found that those who were more stressed had higher chances of experiencing ED.Five aspects of work were used to determine stress levels among the men: hours worked throughout the week, decision-making autonomy, supervisor support, colleague relationships and promotion pressure.Based on the scores of these five determinants, the participants were divided into four groups of low stress, medium-low, medium-high and high stress levels.Erectile function showed a clear declining trend with increased stress scores across all groups.However, compared to the low-stress group, those who experienced the highest amounts of stress were 10 times more likely to have issues with erections.Meanwhile, the prevalence of ED in the high-stress group reached just over 54%.In addition to ED, levels of the stress hormone cortisol and testosterone (which plays a role in sexual desire and can co-exist with ED) were measured over the course of several weeks.In the first two to four weeks, higher cortisol came before testosterone decline — which then ...