The risk of impotence increases with age. It is four-fold higher in men in their 60s compared with those in their 40s Men with less education are also more likely to experience impotence, perhaps because they tend to have less healthy lifestyles, eat a less healthy diet, drink more and exercise less. Physical exercise tends to lessen the risk of impotence.
Impotence, inhibited sexual excitement in a man during sexual activity that, despite an unaffected desire for sex, results in inability to attain or maintain a penile erection. Known medically as male erectile dysfunction, it affects younger and older men alike. Impotence can result from psychological factors (performance anxiety or fear of abandonment or unwanted pregnancy), socio cultural factors (negative sexual attitudes or religious beliefs), or physical causes. Impotence is distinguished from sterility (inability to produce sperm adequate for reproduction).
Physical causes include low testosterone levels, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, prostate cancer surgery, and neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. Many drugs, illicit (e.g., marijuana, heroin, and cocaine) and prescription e.g., ulcer medicines.
Impotence is a common problem among men characterized by the consistent inability to sustain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse or the inability to achieve ejaculation, or both. Erectile dysfunction can vary. It can involve a total inability to achieve an erection or ejaculation, an inconsistent ability to do so, or a tendency to sustain only very brief erections.
IMPOTENCE AND ITS CAUSES
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Depression
Diabetes
High Blood Pressure
Kidney Failure
Multiple Sclerosis
Prostate Cancer
Smoking and how to quit
Stress
Other causes can be
Medication
Injuries and surgery to the penis, spinal cord etc.
Atherosclerosis
Medications for impotence
A number of impotence treatments are available, such as penile implants, medications, and lifestyle changes. This eMedTV discusses these and several other treatment options for erectile dysfunction, including their benefits and drawbacks.
Testosterone
Oral phosphodiesterase type five (PDE5) inhibitors (sildenafil (Viagra), Vardennafil (Levitra), and Tadalafil (Cialis)
Intracavernosal injections
Intraurethral Suppositories.
Treatments for impotence include:
· Lifestyle changes
· Counseling
· Oral medication
· Pellets and injections
· Vacuum devices
· Implant surgery
· Other forms of surgery.
