Causes of Erectile Dysfunction

What is Erectile Dysfunction?

Erectile dysfunction or male impotence is the failure of the person to either start or maintain an erection for enough period of time that is needed to attain a sexual satisfaction. Most men, at some point in their lives, suffer with the occasional erection problem often associated with stress, performance anxiety, tiredness or drinking too much alcohol. However, it is estimated that at least one in ten men suffer with frequent and long-standing erection problems (erectile dysfunction).

The causes of it may be physical or psychological in nature. Erectile Dysfunction can be caused by two major reasons

1. Physical Disability.
2. Emotional Disappointment.

Physical Disability

An erection will occur by allowing blood into the soft tissues of the penis but stopping it from flowing back out again. Anything affecting the arteries, veins or nerves that supply the penis will influence the ability to have an erection. This can include:

1. Medicines such as an ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers, like drug used for anti-depressants and for high-blood pressure;
2. Alcohol, smoking, and taking illegal drugs;
3. Circumstances that influence the nerves or blood supply, such as a stroke;
4. Life long disease like Diabetes, which can sometimes cause a problem with the nervous system;
5. Blood vessel conditions such as blocked arteries (for example, caused by high cholesterol levels);
6. Situation that can affect the erectile tissues of the penis, such as prostate cancer;
7. Serious long-term circumstances such as kidney or liver failure.

As you get older, you’re more likely to have one more condition that causes erection problem; this can be heart disease or diabetes. Getting older doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to find treatment for your erection problems, as well as the primary condition.

Emotional Disappointment

Some of the most common psychological causes of erectile dysfunction include:

1. Stress or anxiety
2. Depression
3. Relationship
4. Sexual Identity Issues

Sometimes an irregular erection problem caused by a minor everyday problem such as: -

1. A few too many drinks.
2. A particularly hard day at work.
3. It can also begin by a cycle of worrying. This can turn into a psychological cause of further erectile difficulties.

Sexual therapy, surgery, treatment of depression, penile implants, vacuum pumps and few FDA-approved drugs namely Cialis, Viagra and Levitra are treatment options available for erectile dysfunction problem.