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Erectile dysfunction complications and solutions: What is Erectile Dysfunction or ED?

Being called impotent can be very embarrassing but the pain of living with that state of impotency is even much greater than just being embarrassed. Many may just feel this from a distance but the actual victims of this situation (erectile dysfunction complications) are the ones that understand the magnitude of the problem. Therefore what really is erectile dysfunction complications or ED as it is commonly known? Erectile dysfunction complications can therefore be defined as the state of being unable repeatedly to get an erection that is firm enough to sustain a sexual intercourse. Besides that erectile dysfunction or impotency can also be used to mean other complications that are likely to interfere with sexual intercourse and reproduction including sexual urge and problems of orgasm and ejaculation.

According to the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, any damage caused to the nerves, arteries, smooth muscles and fibrous tissues that are normally instigated as a result of a disease, is the most common cause of erectile penile dysfunction. It is important also to note that health conditions like diabetes, kidney problems, chronic alcoholism, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, vascular disease and neurologic disease are the major culprits and accounts for about 70 percent of all known erectile dysfunction cases. And even though this condition can attack anybody, available statistics indicate that about 35% – 50% of men who are struggling with diabetes are most affected by this condition ED.

Erectile dysfunction complications and solutions: Causes of ED?

Before any action is taken to this problem, it is only reasonable that we get to the root cause of the problem. That way we will be addressing the problem from a very informed position and solution finding will not take long since we shall have already known the cause. According to the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury MD, President and also the founder of the establishment, defects preventing an appropriate erectile tissue response are likely to interfere with one’s reproductive capability. Erection of the penis is a hemodynamic action that tissue of the corpora cavernosa and the corpus spongiosum. It is important to note that this tissue are very important and they consists of smooth muscle, endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and nerves that interact in order to enhance and maintain an accessory blood supply causing erection. Given the need for the blood flow during this response, it is clear that vascular insufficiency can decrease erectile capability.

From the experts point of view it is believed that the vascular insufficiency is likely to be a common pathology of erectile dysfunction. And for that reason available statistics indicates that up to 80% of all cases of erectile dysfunction can be attributed insufficient or reduced blood flow which is also associated with some underlying vascular disease. Over the years and in a bid to finding lasting solution to this, a lot has been done including the use of pharmacological methods available for the treatment of erectile dysfunction including the use of vasodilators like Viagra and Cialis. Nonetheless the challenge with vasodilators is that they are only able to induce temporal responses and therefore may not be very effective for many patients due to the underlying endothelial damages. Besides that it is also important to note that these medications can also have serious side-effect including bringing health complications like heart attack, stroke and sometimes may even course premature death. Finally with those complications experts are of the opinion that the best treatment of erectile dysfunction complications can therefore be done using Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) procedures. These are effective in the sense that they address tissues defects or vascular disease aspects of erectile dysfunction. Therefore such applications are likely to provide much longer term therapy and may even provide a more permanent treatment solution to this problem.

Erectile dysfunction complications and solutions: The relationship between ED and Diabetes

Erectile dysfunction is significantly common in men who have diabetes which damages nerves and blood vessels. Erectile dysfunction can also be linked to other conditions common in men who have diabetes, such as high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. ED is three times more common in patients with diabetes mellitus. ED in diabetes strongly correlates with the level of glucose control, duration of disease and diabetic complications. Besides diabetes the following are also some of the possible reasons that may cause one to have erectile dysfunction:

Emotional or psychological causes including Depression, Stress, anxiety or other mental health conditions
Heart disease, High blood pressure, neurological disease
Low testosterone levels in men
Medications such as antidepressants, antihistamines and medications to treat high blood pressure, pain or prostate cancer.
Metabolic syndrome (a condition involving increased blood pressure, high insulin levels, body fat around the waist and high cholesterol
Obesity and chronic inflammation,
Parkinson’s disease, Multiple sclerosis disease
Peyronie’s disease (development of scar tissue)
Surgeries or injuries that affect the pelvic area or spinal cord
Tobacco; Alcoholism and misuse of other drug abuse

Finally we are going to continue exploring various treatment solutions in our next article and we want to encourage you to keep on the link and be the first to know. Doctor Akoury and her team of experts will be very helpful to us in understanding how PRP, Stem cell procedures work. This is one discussion you don’t want to miss. Therefore invite a friend and let us find solution to erectile dysfunction complications together. But in the meantime, if you have any concern about this problem, you can consult with doctor Dalal Akoury anytime any day for a one on one discussion.