Inability to achieve and maintain an erection during a sexual intercourse long enough to get sexual satisfaction is known as Erectile Dysfunction(ED) or Impotency. It’s necessary to understand the mechanism of erection occurring. Erection is a responding reaction to sexual stimulation. Brain sends a signal to the penis via nerves. Sexual stimulation may be of physical or mental origin. After the signal is received, the blood flows into a penis and is hold in it by blood vessels. Erection is over when the blood is released after the end of stimulation.
Statistics shows that more that 18% of men of the earth in the age above 20 suffer from ED or Impotency in different degree. But the majority of these men lead a sedentary life associated with poor diet, little or no physical work, didn’t go in for sports, did no exercises at all. Most of them spend the majority of their time watching TV or using PC. Recent researches show a strong link between a lifestyle of men and their ability to achieve and hold an erection. People in the age above 40 suffer from ED mostly due to health problems, but their lifestyle is important as well. For example, diabetes and high blood pressure may result in Impotency. Different factors, like anxiety, depression or physical and nervous exhaustion may cause a so called psychological depression.
It’s not difficult for a good doctor do diagnose erectile dysfunction studying patient history. The nature of the dysfunction and its degree should be found individually for each patient, concerning his social state, lifestyle, profession, mental and moral state. For instance, if the penis is not sensitive to touch and erection doesn’t occur, then most probably the dysfunction is of a psychic origin. Sometimes it happens that ED is a result of disbalanced endocrine system. It can be monitored by the abnormality of the secondary sex characters. Sometimes, defects of the penis or venereal diseases may cause erectile dysfunction as well.
Monitoring of nocturnal erections is also a good way to understand the origin of ED. If normal erections do not occur during sleep then it is more likely the problem of the psychic origin or a reason of weak blood vessels.
The treatment of erectile dysfunction is done according to the cause of the malady. Physical causes such as hypertension, obesity & diabetes is combated by the conservative treatment and changes in lifestyles. Quitting smoking, cutting down on alcohol, loosing weight and increasing physical activity help in fighting the dysfunction.
Psychological causes are treated by the counseling, and using different techniques with behavioral counseling with partners. Treatment of anxiety is also useful in this malady.
Different drugs are used to treat erectile dysfunction and they can be taken orally or injected directly into the penis or inserted into the urethra. These drugs help to relax the penile smooth muscle and increase the blood flow into the penis to achieve an erection during the sexual intercourse.
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