Loss of sex drive and impotence are very common in men and women as they age, and talking with your doctor can alleviate fears, as there are many treatment options. Stress is a key factor in one’s sexual health. The simple act of fearing that you may not be able to get an erection can in itself cause erectile dysfunction. When partners are on the opposite end of the libido scale, it is important to communicate and find ways to pleasure each other when intercourse is not possible.
It is normal for the majority of men to experience erectile dysfunction (impotence) at least once in their lives. After men reach the age of 65, impotence becomes more common. They experience changes in erectile function as they experience changes in the rest of their bodies; it is a part of the natural process. Orgasms may not seem as powerful and erectile recovery after orgasm may take longer. There are several specific symptoms of impotence: the inability to achieve a full erection, to maintain an erection during intercourse, or to have an erection at all.
There are two facets to maintaining an erection, one is physical, and one is mental. The physical process is relatively strait forward: the penis has two cylindrical structures (corpora cavernosa) that are made of a sponge like material and run the entire length of the penis. This erectile tissue fills with blood when the male is aroused, and like a wet sponge, this tissue expands up to seven times its normal size, forming an erection. After ejaculation, the penis returns to its normal size.
The mental process is often the cause of erectile dysfunction. Arousal levels often determine the quality of an erection. The longer the arousal, the harder the penis becomes. Men can become aroused by any of the five senses: taste, touch, smell, and more commonly by visual and auditory stimulation. This mental state causes the nervous system to stimulate blood flow to the penis.
Erectile dysfunction occurs when this delicate balance between the physical and mental facets of the erection process is disrupted.
The mental causes of erectile dysfunction include: stress (this could be from work, or family, or both), psychological problems, anxiety (about finances, children, or life in general), fatigue, depression, negative feelings (toward yourself, spouse, or circumstances around you), resentment, hostility, or a genuine lack of interest.
The physical causes of erectile dysfunction include: diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage caused by diabetes), cardiovascular disorders (which can affect the blood flow to the penis), prescription medications (talk to your doctor and find out if any of your medications are a potential cause of ED), cancer or prostate operations, spinal cord fractures, multiple sclerosis (MS), hormonal imbalances, or alcohol and other forms of drug abuse.
Erectile dysfunction may be a symptom of a more serious medical problem. It is important to determine whether the symptoms of erectile dysfunction are physical or mental in nature.
Gregg Hall
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The highly publicized oral ED pills that are declared to be the most effective treatment for ED, at times fail to yield results due to their side effects. On specific occasions, even though the patients are tolerant of the side effects yielded by the erectile dysfunction medicines, they fail to achieve fruitful results from the ED drugs prescribed to them. This is also true in case of the ED drug levitra. Levitra is one drug that is publicized to be safe for erectile dysfunction patients suffering from diabetes and heart ailments, an advantage that oral erectile dysfunction medicines other than Levitra don’t possess.
However, the manufacturers and distributors of Levitra are hopeful that people would buy levitra due to these specific advantages of the drug. And they are not wrong altogether. The sales of the drug have been proved to be quite satisfactory. In addition people are also eager to buy levitra online as there are no specific rules and regulations to be followed with regard to levitra dosages. However, levtira prescription has to be obtained from the doctor to free oneself from levitra dangers. It is also true that regardless of these specific levitra advantages, the drug fail to yield results on certain circumstances.
Patients suffering from erectile dysfunction who do not respond to the famous oral ED pills including levitra, are in quite a fix. Levitra and similar other anti-impotency medicines are listed among the most effective ED treatments. Their failure in yielding effective results for erectile dysfunction patients is actually an issue and a matter of worry. An alternative mode of treatment is really necessary for these people who do not respond to the PDE5 inhibitors. Today, there are quite a few ED treatments that are as effective as the oral ED pills. Certain surgeries, pumps, penile prostheses etc come under these alternative ED treatments that yield results for erectile dysfunction patients who don’t respond to the PDE5 inhibitors.
Trimix gel is another alternative ED treatment that is recently invented and altogether successfully tested in the US. This gel proves effective for erectile dysfunction patients who fail to trigger off results with the help of oral ED pills. Apart from this, Trimix gel is also equipped with a couple of other specific advantages.
Trimix gel is bereft of side-effects and clinical experiments make it apparent that it triggers off successful results in 40% men who fail to achieve erections necessary for satisfactory sexual intercourse with the help of oral ED pills. For this clinical experimentation, 42 men within the average age range of 55 and 17 were enrolled and as soon as this experiment came to a close, it became apparent that 40% patients achieved results with this gel.
The best thing about this gel is that it can be used by patients of heart ailments, diabetes, et al and also by those that have undergone prostrate surgery. In fact, men enrolled in the test were suffering from one or any other of these conditions. Thus it becomes wholly apparent that trimix gel has overcome a peculiar drawback of the oral ED pills and it is that some of the erectile dysfunction pills cannot be administered to patients suffering from above mentioned health conditions. Apart from all these specific advantages of trimix gel, it is also very simple and easy to use. However, one common aspect of this gel and oral erectile dysfunction drugs is that trimix gel as well as oral ED pills such as Levitra are prescription-based!
Sangi Tons
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It is always better to know and prevent a disease than to have it. This article discusses the complications of diabetes. One can avoid these complications by the yearly (or half-yearly) checkup of eyes, kidney, heart and feet by the qualified specialists so that these complications, if present, can be diagnosed at an early stage and effectively treated before it becomes too late.
Acute Complications of Diabetes
Hypoglycemia – Hypoglycemia is defined as a condition in which there is blood glucose concentration of less than 45 mg/dl. Sweating, trembling, hunger, confusion drowsiness, in-coordination and nausea are some of the symptoms of hypoglycemia.
The common causes are unpunctual or inadequate meals, unexpected or unusual exercise and ingestion of alcohol. Patients should be taught that if unusual exercise is anticipated the preceding dose of insulin should be reduced and extra carbohydrate ingested. All patients taking insulin should carry with them glucose tablets.
Ketoacidosis – Any form of stress, particularly an acute infection or neglect of treatment due to carelessness can lead to ketoacidosis. There is intense thirst and polyuria. Constipation, muscle cramps and altered vision are common. Hyperventilation with low blood pressure and acetone may be smelt in the breath and finally it may lead to coma. Glycosuria and ketonuria would be present. Blood glucose levels may be as high as 360-720 mg/dl and low plasma bicarbonate and blood pH.
The condition should be treated with the utmost urgency in hospital. Intravenous fluid replacement is required since, even when the patient is able to swallow, fluids given by mouth may be poorly absorbed. If 6 to 8 units of insulin per hour is given, blood glucose level comes down. 13-20 mMol of potassium per 0.51 infusion fluid should be started from the outset. Intracellular fluid is replaced once the blood glucose has fallen below 250 mg/dl by infusing glucose solution. Intensive medical care is needed and the blood glucose, pH, electrolytes and ketones have to be monitored, hourly at first.
I hope this article has covered some of the major complications of diabetes. Knowing these complications will help you to prevent them.
Control your blood sugar for having more control on life!
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Impotence is medically called as erectile dysfunction. It is the term given to the condition in which a person does not get a proper erection, i.e. the erection is not hard enough to carry out proper penetrative sex. Impotence is an issue with an alarmingly large number of men in the world today. A major responsible factor is the hectic lifestyle that we lead today.
There can be two different cases of erectile dysfunction. One is the case in which the person has never had an erection; while the other is in which the person does sometimes have erections, but not all the time. The former case is due to a biological problem which can be treated by medication or surgery. But the latter case stems out of psychological or lifestyle factors.
Erection is the hardening of the penis when it is aroused. The penis can be aroused by any kind of sexual stimulation, which could be physical (touch), visual (watching porn) or even psychological (thinking about sex). The penis is made erect by the filling of its spongy tissues with blood. This engorgement is very important to increase the size and the hardness of the penis which is an important necessity for penetrative sex. Surely without a hard penis, it would become impossible to ejaculate and thus impregnate a woman.
Weak erections occur due to many factors. As already mentioned above, the modern lifestyle is a major contributing factor. This is because stresses and tensions can reduce the male libido, and also the capacity to achieve an erection. When a person is under stress, blood circulates more in the head region, and hence it is insufficient to engorge the penis. Added to this, the cases of diabetes and prostate gland diseases are rising – such diseases are directly linked to erectile dysfunction. The busy lifestyle of today is making people cope up with a host of drugs such as antidepressants, painkillers, antihistamines, etc; all of which can cause the man to lose his ability to achieve a sustained erection.
Erectile dysfunction is rampant in people who smoke and consume drugs. In the early stages these kinds of addictions may cause a high in the sexual act, but as time wears on and the addiction increases, there is irreparable damage to the reproductive system, which plays havoc with the ability to achieve an erection.
There are several men who can get erections when they masturbate or watch porn, but they do not get erections when they are in the actual sexual act. This issue needs to be looked into seriously, because it can be treated with proper counseling. Men such as those described here – assuming they are heterosexual – are perhaps so much overwhelmed of the female sex that they cannot carry out the sexual act. Their brain does not respond to the stimuli of their body, because it is too busy with the mental channels of the man’s mind. Perhaps the person is suffering from the Oedipus complex and is in awe of women. All these issues need to be discussed with a therapist.
Achieving an erection is as much a mental condition as biological. It is not necessary to say that men cannot have sex when their minds are preoccupied with something else. Sometimes, problems of erectile dysfunction can be solved just by keeping the mind free during the sexual act.
Recently there has been a surge of medicinal advancement in the field of penile erections. With the discovery of the powers of sildenafil citrate in guaranteeing male erections, there was a spurt of other chemical discoveries with the same effects. However none of the later drugs managed to capture the power of Viagra, which is the market name of sildenafil citrate. Some other drugs that have the powers of creating and maintaining erections are Levitra and Cialis, though they are not as popular. Furthermore, all these drugs come with several side effects, which are still being studied.
One of the best (and the safest) resorts in the case of impotence is herbal remedies. Indian traditions are using several herbs since ancient times in order to cure the disease. Saw palmetto, ginseng, kawa kawa, oat, caltrop, etc. are used in different preparations in order to cure impotence. Some of them have really been found to be beneficial by the western world also, but their effects are still a matter of research.
At the same time, it must be remembered that the human penis is not an organ that will function for the entire life of a person. Most men lose their capacity to get erections during or after their forties, and that is because of age reasons, which cannot be avoided. With some techniques like yoga, the age limit of getting erections can be increased, but it cannot be made to last forever. Hence, a time comes in every man’s life when he has to accept the condition of erectile dysfunction.
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Dr.Anna Hardy
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Problems of achieving a satisfactory erection are fairly common. If the problem does not originate from lack of lust and is great enough to make normal intercourse impossible, the condition is called erectile dysfunction (impotence). Erection problems are caused by combined physical and psychological factors.
THE ERECTION MECHANISM
The penis has three bodies containing a dense network of blood vessels along all its length. During erection blood is filled into the vessels of these bodies. The bodies then engorge, make the penis hard and rise it up. The filling of these bodies occur when the vessels leading blood to the penis relax and vessels draining the penis constrict their volume.
Before and during erection nerves lead impulses to the genitals. The nerve ends in this area then releases the substance nitrogen oxide. Nitrogen oxide will diffuse through the genital area and the penis and stimulate the reaction of the blood vessels in the penis.
PHYSICAL CAUSES OF ERECTION PROBLEMS
Erection problems can occur because of disorders in the nervous system sending impulses to the genital area, problems with the blood supply to the penis and anatomical problems in the penis or genital area. Specific causes can be:
- Accidents, stroke, surgery or tumours hurting brain areas or areas in the spinal cord responsible for erection impulses.
- Multiple sclerosis, a disease hurting the isolating sheets around the neural fibres in the brain and spinal cord, can give erection problems.
- Accidents or diseases hurting nerves from the spinal cord to the genital region.
- Atherosclerosis caused by age or an unhealthy lifestyle, giving narrowing and hardening of blood vessels to the genital region.
- Injury to the erectile bodies caused by inflammation, accidents or diseases.
- Congenital malformations in the penis or genital region, for example hypospadias and epispadias.
- Peyronie’s disease, a common inflammatory disease causing abnormal bending or twisting of the penis, and sometimes also hinder the filling of blood into the erectile bodies, sometimes gives problems for the erections.
- Circumcision causing the penile skin to be too tight, or causing extensive inelastic scars.
- Side effects of medicines, such as medications taken for high blood pressure or depression.
- Zinc deficiency.
- Heart disease.
- Diabetes causing injury to the nerves and blood vessels to the penis.
. High blood pressure (hypertension).
. Liver or kidney disease.
- Alcohol or drug abuse impairing psychological and neural functions.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES OF ERECTION PROBLEMS
Psychological causes can interfere with the erection process by distracting a man from stimuli that normally would give him sexual arousal. Psychological issues account for about 40% of erection problems. Erection problems in men under age 50 are most likely to be caused by psychological factors. Psychological causes of erection problems include:
- Anxiety for not being able to perform sexually as well as the partner demands.
- Prolonged emotional upset, such as worrying, anxiety or anger due to a man’s economical, professional or social situation.
- Relationship problems, for example when the woman has different preferences of sexual practice than the man.
- A man who looses sexual desire for his partner may develop erection problems.
- Recently widowed men can get erection problems.
- Some men have difficulty having sexual intercourse with their partner after she has given birth because he does not like the changes that the birth process has caused to the woman’s body.
CAUSATIVE TREATMENT
When a specific organic and psychological condition causes problems for the erections, this problem should be treated with appropriate methods that will vary according to the actual disease.
If the cause is heart disease or atherosclerosis, lifestyle changes and training adapted to the medical situation can often improve the general health situation and improve the erectile abilities.
If the cause of the erection problems is a problematic penile shape, for example curved or twisted penis by Peyronie’s disease, using a mechanical penis reaction device for some time may help.
On the marked you can also find herbal products to treat injured or diseased blood vessels in the genital area. These products typically contain herbal elements that experience has proven to stimulate tissue repair in blood vessels.
POSSIBLE FUNCTIONAL TREATMENT
It is not always possible to cure the condition causing erectile problems. Still the problems can be overcome by medication that stimulates the vessels leading blood to the penis to relax and the vessels draining the penis to constrict. These drugs typically achieve this task by stimulating the release of nitrogen oxide in the genital area.
Viagra and Cialis are the best known pharmacological treatment for erection problems. In spite of what people often think, these drugs do not increase the sexual drive. If the sexual excitement is there, Viagra can help to achieve erection, if the drive and excitement lack in the first place, Viagra will not help.
There are also herbal products on the market that stimulate the erection mechanism. Erection oils give an instant erection response, but the response only last 2-3 hours. Erection or potency pills take a longer time to give effect, but the effect lasts for many hours. The herbal product will often contain components that increase the sexual excitement in addition to improving the pure erection mechanism.
If it is not possible at all to achieve erection with any treatment, surgical implants can help to make the penis stiff and raised up enough to perform an intercourse. One type of implant is partly rigid bodies that make the penis permanently partially erected. Another type of implant is inflatable bodies that can make the penis fully erected when the need rises.
Knut Holt
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