Erectile dysfunction (ED, impotence) is the failure to achieve or maintain an erection. There are many potential underlying causes of erectile dysfunction, including stress and emotional problems, brain dysfunction, problems with blood supply to the penis, and structural problems with the penis.
Nonpharmalogic TreatmentNonpharmacologic treatment of ED includes lifestyle modifications, psychotherapy, use of vacuum erection devices (VEDs), or surgical interventions. Lifestyle interventions include increasing physical activity, weight loss, smoking cessation, and avoidance of excessive alcohol intake.5 Psychotherapy may be beneficial, especially in cases of psychogenic ED.5
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Talking about your problems to a psychiatrist or psychologist can help you find out the cause, resolve the issues, and this, in turn, can improve erectile function. This session tends to enhance sexual urge and performance.
It affects approximately half of all men over age 40 While erectile dysfunction is usually a physical problem, it can also have psychological roots. More often than not, it is a combination of both. And help is available. “We have a treatment for everyone,” says Stanton Honig, MD, a director of the Yale Medicine Male Reproductive Health Program. “It's just a matter of what option you choose.”
ED is the term used to describe the condition of being unable to get or keep an erection long enough to engage in satisfying sexual activity. So, it encompasses a few circumstances: You can get an erection but can’t maintain it for a long enough period of time. You can get semi-erect but not fully firm. An erection just won’t happen at all. Erections sometimes happen but sometimes won’t.
Another study by Modabbernia in 2012 included 36 men who reported fluoxetine-related subjective sexual impairment. After recovery from depression, men received 15 mg of saffron twice a day or placebo for 4 weeks.
VIAGRA may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect the way VIAGRA works causing side effects. Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take any of the following:
If the issue you’re facing is mild or you don’t like the idea of taking medication, you might want to start by trying natural techniques for treating your sexual health.
The effects aren’t permanent. Alcoholics who’d been abstinent for 2-3 months were found to have sexual functioning as healthy as people who’d never drunk booze.
If you buy sildenafil for erectile dysfunction, it can also be known by the brand names Viagra, Aronix, Liberize and Nipatra.
The Mayo Clinic reports that anywhere from 15 to 30 million men in the U.S. are living with ED. Lack of exercise. Substance abuse. Heart conditions and cardiovascular disease. Excess weight. Peyronie’s disease, a curvature of the penis caused by excessive scar tissue. Poor blood flow. Hormonal imbalance.
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Some men report an improvement in ED symptoms after having acupuncture. This ancient form of medicine involves using tiny needles to stimulate certain points on the body. While study results are mixed on whether acupuncture really works for ED, the therapy is considered safe and may help you feel better overall.
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While most men will have occasional difficulty achieving a healthy erection during sexual intercourse, ED is only considered a possible medical explanation for these symptoms if erection difficulties have been affecting a man for an extended period of time. When blood flow to the two chambers of the penis, known as the corpora cavernosa, are blocked or restricted for any reason, this can result in ED.
14. Hold the syringe between your index and middle fingers and place a thumb on the plunger to inject the entire contents of the syringe. Then take the needle out of your penis.