Diagnosing ED
To determine if you have ED, you should talk to your doctor. Your doctor may either conduct a brief consultation or a thorough physical exam including diagnostic tests depending on your medical history.
Erection Dysfunction
(ED):
"Erectile Dysfunction" means the inability to achieve erection, an inconsistent ability to do so, or the ability to achieve only brief erections. Different men may experience varying degrees of erection dysfunction. This could be the result of under lying conditions, such as diabetes or hypertension. By seeing your doctor, you can improve your overall health and can learn about how to improve your erection quality (EQ).
How does an Erection Occur?
The penis contains two chambers, called the corpora cavernosa, which run the length of the organ. A spongy tissue fills the chambers. The corpora cavernosa are surrounded by a membrane, called the tunica albuginea. The spongy tissue contains smooth muscles, fibrous tissues, spaces, veins, and arteries. The urethra, which is the channel for urine and ejaculate, runs along the underside of the corpora cavernosa
Erection begins with sensory and mental stimulation. Impulses from the brain and local nerves cause the muscles of the corpora cavernosa to relax, allowing blood to flow in and fill the open spaces. The blood creates pressure in the corpora cavernosa, making the penis expand. The tunica albuginea helps to trap the blood in the corpora cavernosa, thereby sustaining erection. Erection is reversed when muscles in the penis contract, stopping the inflow of blood and opening outflow channels.
How common is ED?
ED is much more common than you may realize, and also highly treatable. An estimated 152 million men worldwide suffer from ED. In America , alone 30 million men suffer from it.
Does is it vary from men to men?
The degree to which men are afflicted varies from occasional to recurrent or consistent inability to attain or maintain an erection.
What are the causes of Sexual Impotence?
IMPOTENCE IS TREATABLE!
Impotence is not a disease, but a side effect of other underlying causes.
The causes of impotence or erectile
dysfunction can be classified into two major groups:
10 % of all causes are due to purely psychological
factors Whereas 90% of all causes are due to physical
or organic factors Psychological / Non -Organic Causes
Sexual impotence induced
due to a purely psychological, or non-organic cause
can be due to many reasons. Impotence can either start
abruptly after a major psychological trauma or gradually
as a result of depression, anxiety and chronic stress.
Potency can also be affected due to other mental disorders.
Occasional impotency can be due to the stress to perform
or fear of failure known as "Performance Anxiety
"when a man is expected to assume an aggressive
part in the sexual relationship. It could also be due
to lack of compatibility with the sexual partner, temporary
decrease in libido , tiredness , anxiety, insecurity
of an illicit relationship or disturbing elements in
the immediate environment like noise. Physical / Organic
Causes
Physical or organic causes for temporary or chronic impotence range from the easily avoidable or curable, to very severe causes, which cannot be cured without radical measures, such as surgeries.
These causes are:
Peripheral Vascular Disease: (Insufficient blood supply to the penis)
This is the most common cause of Erectile Dysfunction. It is the failure to supply adequate blood to the penis resulting in less rigid erections or the inability to maintain them. Erection occurs when blood carried by the supply arteries of the penis, fills the erectile bodies made of spongeous tissue.
This is correlated with many systematic diseases
which affect the blood vessels of the genital region,
directly or indirectly. Chronic diseases such as diabetes
mellitus, high cholesterol, high
blood pressure, renal failure, heart disease, and
others, lead to the destruction of the contractile walls
of the veins or provoke hardening, narrowing or blockages
of the arteries leading to the penis.
ascular insufficiency may be due to
aging. It starts slowly, first causing a decrease in
the firmness of erections, and then becoming more intense.
Peyronies Disease
Peyronies disease is a uncommon sexual dysfunction that
makes to having sex difficult and painful due to bent
penis during erection. It is characterized by a hard,
fibrous layer of scar tissue that normally develops
under the skin or the upper or the lower side of the
penis so as it gets erected the scar tissue pulls the
affected area off at an angle gives rise to the curved
penis.
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