Talking about erectile dysfunction should immediately make a reservation in the terminology. Today, most professionals involved in "men's problems" used the term erectile dysfunction. The term "impotence" has gone. It is not an accurate description of the status and widespread expression in everyday life led to his "discredited" as a medical term. Today the word "impotence" and "impotent" are "vulgar invective" hue, and therefore, unacceptable in a conversation between patient and doctor. Given the link between violations of erection and mental condition, urologists, sexologists and psychotherapists have decided to abandon the punch at the highest level. We will also adhere to this terminology, which, strictly speaking, is reflected in the name of our site. Impotent here. All fixable.
So, what is erectile dysfunction. In 1992, the world's leading urologists have agreed to understand by this state of inability to achieve or maintain adequate erection of the penis, which in turn reduces or prevents satisfactory sexual intercourse.

Unfortunately, erectile dysfunction phenomenon is so widespread that he was dedicating today scientific conferences and symposia. Some of its type devoted to dozens of scholarly monographs.

According to the most approximate estimates, only in the U.S. suffer from erectile dysfunction about 10 million men. According to German scientists, the figure in the united Germany is approaching 5 million. It is obvious that in Russia, men who have erectile dysfunction, not fewer. Chronic stress, characteristic of a society in a difficult economic period, unhealthy diet and as a consequence of atherosclerosis, smoking, playing a negative role in the state of the sexual sphere of people. And men and women.

Today there is no doubt that the emergence of erectile dysfunction is associated with a number of reasons, each of which individually and / or in combination with others can lead to unpleasant consequences.

There are five main causes leading to erectile dysfunction.

1. Psychological disorders

* Depression
* Addiction
* Alcoholism
* Specific psychiatric disorders - fear of sexual impotence, sexual depleted appliances, etc.

2. Endocrine disorders

* Decrease the function of sexual glands (hypogonadism)
* Diabetes
* Prolaktinoma (pituitary tumor)
* Sarcoidosis with lesions of certain areas of the brain


3. Respiratory system disorders:

* Atherosclerotic lesions of blood vessels in the penis on a background of diabetes, smoking, excess cholesterol, hypertension
* Blockage of arteries of the pelvis, as a result of fractures of the pelvis
* Violation of the circulation of blood in the vessels of the penis (penile angiospasm), as a result of smoking, taking certain drugs
* Malfunction of the venous system of the penis
* A combination of different causes

4. Organic (anatomical) changes in penile

* Peyronie's disease
* Fibrosis and sclerosis of cavernous tissue of the penis, as a consequence of trauma, injury, inflammatory diseases, etc.)

5. Neurological disorders

* Cerebrovascular accident
* Diseases of the spinal cord
* Sclerosis
* Toxic peripheral neuropathy
* Parkinson's disease

It is important to note that in most cases, erectile dysfunction is a consequence of several factors. Thus, according to scientists, 80 percent of all erectile dysfunction, due to the influence of diabetes, hypertension and smoking. Often these causes superimposed psychological problems. Therefore, elucidation of the specific causes of erectile dysfunction should be conducted by qualified and experienced doctor, to break free of the problems exclusively own specialty.