Impotence
A range of treatments is available for impotence. These include oral medications (such as Viagra, Cialis or Levitra), injections into the penis, vacuum devices, counselling or implants (penile prosthesis). Ongoing problems may have a medical cause that needs specific treatment and should be investigated by a doctor.
impotence may present in different ways. Some men are completely unable to develop an erection. Some may develop an erection that does not remain rigid enough to allow satisfactory intercourse. There are several causes of impotence, including certain drugs (prescription and non prescription), psychological causes, and problems with the hormones, nerves or blood vessels that supply the penis.
For the great majority of men, impotence can be effectively treated. It is essential that if you experience impotence, you discuss it with your doctor. Serious underlying causes need to be excluded. Many treatment options are available, and your doctor can help you decide which one is most appropriate for you. Some causes of impotence such as hormonal problems or anxiety may be cured completely with treatment and/or therapy. Even if the underlying cause cannot be cured, medication may still allow a satisfactory erection. Ignoring the problem tends not to make it better, and can have a significant impact on relationships and self-esteem.
impotence, often called erectile dysfunction, refers to the male's inability to achieve or maintain an erection long enough to engage in sexual intercourse. impotence is often considered to be one of the prices paid for leading a modern, urbanized, and ‘unnatural’ life, and to bear some causal relation to the changing social role of women. Anxiety about the ability to manifest manhood by sustaining an erection, however, appears to have been prevalent throughout history, during which few women enjoyed anything like the social and economic power now delineated as so threatening. Accusations of manhood stolen by witchcraft and charms for its restoration suggest that in apparently ‘simpler’ societies erection was not necessarily a reliable biological reflex, and that impotence should, perhaps, be seen as one of the prices humanity has paid for becoming self-conscious — indeed, human.
Doctors specialising in male impotence now say that smoking is one of the reasons why many men become impotence when they are middle aged and older. To understand how this happens, you need to know that a man's erection depends on a healthy blood supply to the penis. The trouble with smoking, however, is that it can damage the arteries carrying this blood. This can make it difficult for a man to have an erection. This problem is made worse by high blood pressure and a diet high in fatty foods - both factors which can damage these important arteries. According to Dr Chris McMahon of the Australian Society for Impotence Medicine, a male smoker with high blood pressure is seven times more likely to have impotence than other men.
impotence usually has a physical cause, such as disease, injury, or drug side-effects. Any disorder that impairs blood flow in the penis has the potential to cause impotence. Incidence rises with age: about 5 percent of men at the age of 40 and between 15 and 25 percent of men at the age of 65 experience impotence. Yet, it is not an inevitable part of aging.
