While many surveys may found that the condition as an age-related one mainly affecting senior men, the fact is that erectile dysfunction or impotent affects men from the youth stage, right up to, and after, middle age. However, it is common in men over age 50 and men who are approaching andropause.
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a condition or situation where a man can not achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for his sexual needs, to the point where he is incapable to ejaculate, therefore keeping out from satisfactory sexual performance.
Now the question arises in your mind is, what causes ED, Professor Douglas has some answers.
Professor Lawson Douglas, a famous Urologist says about main causes which lead ED in men.
First one is psychogenic, something is upsetting the man.
Second one, vascular problem (blood not being able to reach the penis) means there is not proper blood flow in penis that keeps erectile of your penis erection at the time of sexual intercourse.
Third one, a nerve problem (can be caused by surgery).
And fourth, hormonal problems (they give you the feeling to have sex, but are not essential in producing an erection, but they can cause a man not to feel like having sex)," Professor Douglas explained.
Apart from above causes there are many other factor or causes to lead ED. Diabetes, hypertension, obesity and smoking are four such causes. It shows health issues also play a major part in erectile dysfunction.
Addressing the psychogenic issues that cause ED is one of the most essential steps in dealing with the erectile dysfunction.
Taking phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5), which are oral erectile-dysfunction drugs such as Viagra (Sildenafil), Cialis, can help resolve the problem. The drug is used to block the degradative action of phosphodiesterase type 5 on cyclic GMP in the smooth muscle cells lining the blood vessels supplying the corpus cavernous of the penis.
As a result, a man should always consult his doctor before taking any of these erectile dysfunction drugs.
