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Male Sexual Health Reports – Finding and Treating the Causes of Erectile Dysfunction (ED)

By Serge Taylor

The causes of erectile dysfunction (ED) can be physiological and or psychological.

If you suffer with any form of ED you need to discuss it with your doctor.

By visiting your doctor you can determine the cause of your erectile dysfunction and get the correct treatment from the start. If you find that there is no physical reason for your condition then a doctor is the best person to refer you to the appropriate psychologist or perhaps even a sex therapist to help you.

Some physiological cause of erectile dysfunction can be increased cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes. By seeing your doctor and being tested you will be able to find out or eliminate these factors before you start treatment.

Obviously age can be a factor for a number of reasons including the increased chance of developing one of the above conditions as we get older.

These kinds of health complaints can create artery hardening that will restrict normal blood flow throughout the body, including of course the penis.

Additionally, long term diabetes can also lead to damaged nerves and damage to smaller blood vessels. Many men with erectile problems will often have diabetes or pre diabetes issues that need to be addressed.

Today there are a number of commonly used prescription medications that can lead to ED.

Drugs for hypertension as well as drugs for heart problems, anti depressant meds, and a number of sedatives and tranquilizers all affect a man’s ability to achieve and maintain an erection. Many freely available over the counter meds can also lead to erection problems.

If you are on medication of any kind and begin to notice a loss of erectile function then you need to check immediately with your doctor to make the needed changes.

And of course illegal drug abuse that has been ongoing will also affect your ability to achieve and maintain an erection.

And it’s not just women who have hormonal imbalances. Many men, and especially so as they approach middle age, can suffer with hormonal issues that can lead to ED.

Lowered testosterone levels can lead to a loss of sexual desire (lowered libido) as well as difficulty getting an erection.

There are other possibly serious side effects of a low level of testosterone that your doctor will be able to identify and help you with.

If you think this could be the cause of your ED then see your doctor ASAP to rule out any serious underlying condition.

Nervous system issues such as spinal cord damage, as well as damage to nerves or brain injury can also lead to erection problems.

The problem with these conditions is one of communication from the brain to the penis. If the correct messages cannot get through, then difficulties with erections and normal sexual function can occur.

Often, their can be post surgical erection difficulty if the surgery was performed in or around the pelvis or genitals.

Peyronie’s Disease is a rare medical condition that can lead to erection dysfunction due to it causing damage and scarring to the tissues of the penis. The damage to penile tissue can lead to pain and distortion of the penis making erection virtually impossible.

Many men suffer from some form of venous leakage which can lead to ED.

What happens in this case is that enough blood will flow to the penis so that an erection can be achieved, but blood will begin to leak almost immediately so the erection will sub-side very quickly making intercourse impossible. The causes of this kind of leakage can be injury to the area or disease.

And then there are the psychological causes of erectile dysfunction.

Day to day stress, depression, simple fatigue, resentment towards your partner, performance anxiety, are just some of the possible mental and emotional causes of erectile dysfunction. And just like the physiological causes of ED they can also be treated once you know what you are dealing with.

Today more and more men are suffering with sexual problems of which ED is just one. The stress that men experience as well as other health concerns that generally speaking men will tend to ignore can all lead to an inability to achieve and maintain an erection. The best advice is to see your doctor to at least find out what is causing your erectile dysfunction issue.

Serge Taylor is a researcher and writer on men’s health. You can find out more about erectile dysfunction and male sexual health reports at http://www.malesexualhealthreports.com

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Erectile Dysfunction Hidden Danger

Erectile dysfunction hidden danger comes from the fact that sexual performance is tied to atherosclerosis.

A good erection may mean a healthy vascular system. There are methodical studies that indicate this is true.

The right conditioning means that your body can deal with all the demands on your body. When your engine is working well you can be the strong, silent, slow to commit male that is up to getting breathless from a good sexual workout, not an impending heart attack.

Real Deal

Seven out of 10 men admitted to hospital for a heart attack (acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)) had erectile dysfunction (ED) in the six months prior to their admission according to new data presented at the World Congress of Cardiology (WCC) Scientific Sessions in Beijing, China.

A year-long study conducted in 2009 involving 111 sexually active men at the University Malaya Medical Centre, admitted for STEMI, demonstrated that 75.7 per cent had experienced ED in the six months prior to be hospitalized and all patients with a prior history of ischemic heart disease had ED (Fisher Exact Test, p=0.020). Moreover, 24.7 per cent of the 81 sexually inactive men that were not recruited to the study reported complete ED for more than six months prior to screening.

ED and coronary artery disease (CAD) share many common risk factors and are closely related. Atherosclerosis, the root cause of CAD and ED, is a generalized inflammatory disorder that progresses at a similar rate throughout the vasculature of the body. Therefore, it is thought that ED should precede CAD since the penile arteries are considerably smaller than the coronary arteries.

“This study demonstrates that we should consider patients with evidence of ED to be of very high risk for development of future acute coronary syndromes. Interestingly, the study also found that all patients with a prior history of heart attack and ED presented with recurrent heart attacks. Therefore, we should screen and treat such patients very aggressively,” said Dr. S V Ramesh, University of Malay Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “Moreover, men who are not sexually active should also be closely assessed as a quarter of them have complete ED which warrants treatment and this may also be a harbinger for

CAD.”

A Barometer

Erectile dysfunction is a barometer of your general health. If you are ready, willing, and able when the time is right than you are at least assured that your sex life is not reflective of a systemic problem.

The real problem is not the problem itself as much at the way that the pharmaceutical companies address it. The Viagra advertisements make it look too good to pass up. It answers pride with camouflage and goes beyond its jurisdiction. Viagra and the other solutions to erectile dysfunction aren’t built for this job.

They have limitations. They aren’t always enough for the initial goal of a good erection, yet alone to save you from a by-pass procedure. If your want performance with the comfort of knowing that your not dealing with larger concerns than your manhood, start taking control of your health.