Physical Causes of Erectile Dysfunction
Sometimes it can be difficult for you to get erection due to some reasons. There can be some physical, psychological or both problems which can cause erection problem. There can be physical causes of erection dysfunction due to breakdown or damage of the arteries, muscles and surrounding tissues as a result of some disease. The erectile dysfunction can be due to some common disease like:
Diabetes: there can be nerve and artery damage due to diabetes which can erection difficult. Erection dysfunction may occur between 35% to 50% men with diabetes and this number might be increased with age.
Kidney disease: there can be affect of chemical changes on the hormones, circulation, nerve function and energy level due to kidney disease. The libido will be decreased with these changes and ED may also be due to drugs to treat kidney disease.
Neurological disease: the nervous system is very important for achieving and maintaining erection. Men can have Alzheimer’s disease, spinal cord disease, Parkinson’s disease and other factors causing ED due to interruptions in the transmission of nerve impulses between brain and penis.
Vascular disease: these diseases have affect on blood vessels and high cholesterol, hypertension and hardening of arteries are included in it. The ED can be due to these diseases which account for 70% of physical causes.
Prostate cancer: the treatment, hormonal manipulation, and surgery which are treatments of prostate cancer may lead erectile dysfunction.
The physical causes of erectile dysfunction can be due to many causes other than disease related.
Surgery: the surgery of prostate cancer, bladder cancer involves removal of nerves and tissues around the affected area which can cause ED. Sometime these problems are temporary while you may need to get treatment of the permanent damage to the penis for an erection to be achieved.
The erectile dysfunction can be due to injuries to the pelvis, bladder, spinal cord and penis.
The imbalance of different hormones like thyroid hormones, prolactin and testosterone can affect the sexual stimulation. there can be kidney problem, liver disease, tumor of the pituitary gland with these hormonal changes.
The erection can not be maintained if the veins in the penis are unable to prevent blood from leaving the penis. This problem is known as venous leak and it can be sue to injury or disease.
The use of alcohol, tobacco or drugs may restrict the blood flow in the penis and can cause erectile dysfunction. The people with arteriosclerosis can have ED due to smoking.
There are more than 200 prescriptions of drugs which can cause erectile dysfunction.
The erectile dysfunction can be due to bladder neck obstruction caused by prostate enlargement.