There are quite a few myths out there about what causes impotence and they can normally be easily swiped aside by well meaning doctors and health professionals. However one of the recent impotence myths that is causing serious problems for the government of India is the one that is circulating in the state of Uttar Pradesh which is threatening the health of children and adults in the area.

Muslim leaders in the state have been putting it about that the anti polio vaccine that is being distributed there can cause impotency in later life in the boys that use it. For reasons that only the Muslim leaders know they will not listen to learned medical opinion and continue to insist that the vaccine can cause men erectile dysfunction.

A recent campaign to help the region has been launched especially as so many of the world’s polio cases seem to come from it. Unfortunately obstinate Muslim leaders will not listen and even are preaching that the vaccine is bad for you and you sexual function.

Rotary International the worldwide business club has been involved in helping the immunization drive and even enlisted the help of Naseem Ahmad who is the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University and who has been trying to convince the religious leaders and ordinary people that they were putting their children at far greater and serious risk by not having the vaccination done for them.

Nevertheless many Muslim families will nit allow the vaccine to be used on their children due to the impotence scare. According to UNICEF the majority of polio is now concentrated in Muslim families due to the refusal to take the vaccine.

The polio vaccine has shown absolutely no links to erectile dysfunction despite double-checking and the vaccine that is orally administered has no known side effects.