Erectile dysfunction is a common male sexual health problem. Lots of men suffer from it but with the advent of drugs like Viagra and Cialis, impotence in not a problem anymore. The problem of erectile dysfunction or formerly called ‘impotency’ is a problem in which man can’t achieve erection to mate with his partner or can’t hold the achieved erection enough to complete the process of sex.

Although erectile dysfunction is very common in old men but it is not a problem of age, it can happen to anybody at any age and can be cured at any age as well. The problem of erectile dysfunction or ED can be divided into three different parts called complete inability to achieve erection, inconsistency in achieving erection or the third one called erection is achieved only for the shorter period of time. This variation makes defining ED a rather difficult task.

This problem is experienced in men’s health in the in a very little quantity as early as the age of 45. In this human body where everything works under a pre-described sequence, erection also requires a précised chain and the problem of ED occurs when any part of this chain is interrupted. This chain comprises of nerve function in the brain, proper movement of spinal cord, sensitive areas around penis, the tissues, veins and numerous arteries in and around corpora. Any sort of damage to these nerves, arteries, and tissues brings the result in the form of disease called erectile dysfunction. Other common causes are diabetes, problems connected to kidneys, addiction towards alcohol or drugs, spinal cord injury and any problem relating vascular or neurological structure.

Any abnormality related to hormones such as not having enough testosterone also becomes one of the many causes of degrading this part of men’s health. In addition to this many medicines of daily use also brings erectile dysfunction as a side effect. Among these are, the drugs used to normalize blood pressure, anti depressants, tranquilizers, anti obesity and diet pills. According to the experts in this field, some psychological problems such as stress, anxiety during sex, feeling of guilt of not soothing his partner’s sexual desire, low self esteem and biggest of them fear of sexual failure causes more than 20 percent of cases of male impotency. In many cases ED is the result of physical or emotional problem that needs to be treated

Basically, the treatment is started with a round of some quizzing about your physical, mental and emotional health followed by some tests of blood and urine to determine the severity of the disease. Generally many tests are advised but the doc determines which tests are necessary for different cases. In the majority of cases the treatment of erectile dysfunction mainly depends of the factors that are causing this problem of male impotency. It is advised that treatment should be initialized from the least and proceeds to the most intensive. In most of the cases making some small changes in lifestyle solved this problem. Giving up smoking, losing unwanted weight, and increase in their physical activities helped them regain the most requires sexual function.