ED occurs when you are unable to achieve an erection, maintain an erection, or ejaculate on a consistent basis. It is used interchangeably with erectile dysfunction.
Several factors can contribute to this condition, including emotional and physical disturbances.
Definition of ED
Also called erectile dysfunction. In general, the inability of a man to achieve or maintain an erection of the penis and therefore the inability to fully participate in sexual intercourse.
In its broadest sense, the term impotence refers to the inability to have sexual arousal; This effect can apply to women as well as men.
In common practice, however, the term has traditionally been used to describe only male sexual dysfunctions.
Professional sex therapists, while identifying two distinct disorders as forms of ED, prefer not to use the term impotence per se.
Thus, because of its pejorative connotations in normal use and because of confusion about its definition, the word impotence has been removed from the technical vocabulary in favor of the term "erectile dysfunction".
Erectile dysfunction often occurs in men, while frigidity often occurs in women.
Causes of erectile dysfunction
It is often the failure to achieve an erection of the penis during intercourse. It may have physical or psychological causes.
physical such as:- Alcoholism or smoking.
- Endocrine diseases.
- Neurological disorders.
- Heart disease.
- Taking medicines in general and sexual medicines in particular.
Psychological causes include:
- Anxiety about performance when having sex.
- Hostility.
- Other negative feelings towards the sexual partner.
- Stress, anxiety and depression.
- Other emotional conflicts outside the relationship.
Erectile dysfunction sometimes occurs with age, and although an individual attributes it to the aging process itself, it is usually secondary to disorders of aging, such as faulty blood circulation or prostate disease.
In cases of impotence caused by a vascular malfunction, insufficient blood flow to the penis, blood circulating to the tissues, or the male achieves an erection but cannot reach orgasm in the partner's vagina.
Treatment and prevention of erectile dysfunction
Psychotherapy, marital counseling, or sex therapy may be helpful in treating impotence that has psychological or emotional causes.
There are a range of other treatments for impotence that arise from purely physiological causes.
Here are some tips:
- Medical treatments for impotence.
- Enhance communication in a romantic relationship.
- Practicing more joking and foreplay with your wife all the time.
- Reduce anxiety.
- You may also want to consider counseling to address any potential psychological causes.
- Participate in aerobic exercise, which reduces the risk of impotence.
- Avoid smoking, drugs or alcohol use.
- Get enough sleep.
- Follow a healthy diet.
- Reducing stress, anxiety and depression.