This document discusses the market potential for herbal healthcare products in Saudi Arabia to treat various ailments. It outlines that erectile dysfunction, diabetes, and obesity are significant issues and lists their prevalence and causes based on published studies. For example, 25% of men aged 20-29 and 88% of men over 60 suffer from premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction. The document then proposes a product range from Lister & Berg Bio-Pharma & Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. to address joint pain, diabetes, stress, cardiac and men's health issues through tablets, capsules, oils and other formulations. The company seeks cooperation to market these herbal products in Saudi Arabia.
3. • Erectile dysfunction is a condition in which
erection that is sufficient for sexual
penetration or satisfaction is not attained by a
man. It is not the same as loss of sexual
appetite, lack of orgasm or premature
ejaculation.
Erectile Dysfunction
4. • Men's sexual health problems in
Malaysia are on the rise*
*published study of erectile dysfunction (ED) prevalence.
Erectile Dysfunction
5. Erectile dysfunction may be caused by different
psychological problems or medical problems.
1. Stress.
2. Obesity
3. Diabetes
4. Difficulties at home or at work
Erectile Dysfunction
6. • A cross-sectional study found that 25
per cent of aged 20 to 29 years and
88 per cent of those above 60
suffered from premature ejaculation
and/ or ED.
Erectile Dysfunction
7. • Seventy-seven (62%) presented with sexual dysfunction
and 48 (38%) without. Marital difficulties,
hypertension, diabetes, severity of depression and
tricyclic antidepressants were significant risk factors.
No association was found with demographic origin,
occupation, education or marital status. These results
are similar in some aspects to those reported in
western studies.
* Sexual dysfunction in Saudi depressed male patients 2004, Vol. 8, No. 2 , Pages 101-107
(doi:10.1080/13651500410005685 .
Erectile Dysfunction
8. • 30 % Men between age of 19 and 60 suffer*
* some kind of premature ejaculation.
Erectile Dysfunction
9. • A prospective office-based study was
performed from December 2001 to December
2004 and 1,440 male patients with a clinical
diagnosis of ED were enrolled in the study.
Patients were interviewed for ED using the
IIEF.
Erectile Dysfunction
10. • Of 1,440 patients, 84% were sexually
active. 11.8% of the total had mild, 38.3%
had moderate and 49.9% had severe ED.
11.3% of the patients had low
testosterone levels and 9.2% had
hyperprolactenemia.
Erectile Dysfunction
12. • The number of patients with
diabetes has increased by 250 per
cent over the past 20 years and is
reaching a catastrophic level
Diabetes
13. The World Health Organization
had forecast a 255 per cent
increase in the prevalence of
diabetes in Southeast Asia
from 47 million people in
2000 to 120 million people by
2030.
Diabetes
14. • "By 2030, seven of the 10 countries with the
highest number of diabetics will be in Asia."
• "There is now scientific evidence that diabetes
is increasing at an alarming rate, almost akin
to a metabolic catastrophe, especially in Asia,"
-Professor Datuk
Dr Khalid Abdul Kadir
Diabetes
15. • The National Health and Morbidity Survey
(NHMS)-2006 revealed that the national
prevalence of diabetes among senior officers
and managers was 15.9 per cent, the second
highest after the unemployed (16.1 per cent).
Diabetes
16. The NHMS Study revealed that
1. 14.9 per cent were diabetic,
2. 42.6 per cent were hypertensive,
3. 29.1 per cent were overweight
4. 14.4 per cent were obese.
National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS)
17. • Housewives ranked third with 14.2 %
• The technical & associates category 12.1 %
• Machine operators & assemblers 11.7 %
• Services and shop workers 10.7 %
• Professionals 10 %
National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS)
18. The growing number of diabetic cases to
1. lack of physical activity and
2. Excess calories accumulation as one ages.
Diabetes
19. • "As the population ages, we are going to see
more people with diabetes, adding that
diabetes, hypertension and obesity seldom
killed a person but they contributed to heart
diseases.”
-Emeritus Prof.Dr Khalid Abdul Kadir
Diabetes & Hypertention
21. • The high prevalence of obesity, especially
among females, is consistent with several
studies in Saudi Arabia. The national survey
showed an overall prevalence of obesity of
16% among males and 24% among females,
with a prevalence of 23% and 30% among
males and females respectively in the
Eastern Province [16].
Obesity
22. • A study of 1000 cases of DM in Riyadh
showed that 60.8% of female diabetics
were obese [26].. In a case-control study
conducted at King Saud University
Hospital in Riyadh, the mean BMI for
diabetic patients (27.1 ± 12.1 kg/m2) was
significantly higher than that for controls
(24.7 ± 4.7 kg/m2) [15].
Obesity
23. • In a study of 300 diabetic Saudi women in the
Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, 57.0% were
found to be obese (BMI ³ 30 kg/m2) [27].
Obesity
