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Occasionally it is not able to get an erection is nothing to worry about. But as often as 5 to 10 times fails, regardless of age, may indicate that an erection problem that needs treatment. Course you risk erectile dysfunction to get? Answer the following questions and find out.

1. Do you overweight?
2. Got one of the following conditions?
   • Diabetes
   • High cholesterol
   • Depression
   • Atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis)
   • Renal disease
3. Do you use?
   • Tobacco
   • Alcohol
   • Drugs
4. How often do you or your sports activity?
   • Daily
   • 1 or 2 times a week
   • Several times a month
   • I'll never stand
5. How often do you suffer from stress?
   • Often
   • Sometimes
   • Almost never

Answers:

1. Overweight men are more likely to erectile dysfunction.
2. Common causes of erectile problems are nerve disorders, psychological causes and diseases that affect blood flow. There are many prescription drugs, without prescription, which can cause erection problems because the hormones, nerves or blood influence.
3. Tobacco, alcohol and drugs can damage the blood vessels and / or restrict blood flow to the penis resulting in erectile dysfunction.
4. Regular exercise can reduce the risk of erectile dysfunction.
5. Stress, fear and worry are the most common causes of temporary erectile dysfunction.

Questions you can ask your doctor

• I have an erection problem caused by another illness?
• Would my erection problem may be caused by my medicine?
• Could stress or a psychological problem may be the cause of erection problem?
• Are there other medications that I can use?

Did you know?

• The fact that aging is always associated with erectile problems, or that you are impotent, is simply not true. Erection problems are no age accepted as normal and it is not normally considered to occur only as a result of aging.
• Another falsehood is that wearing tight underwear erection problems. Tight underwear can affect sperm production does.
• Erectile dysfunction can be treated with pills, sex therapy, penile injections and surgery, including the placement of a penile implant.
• You can give yourself an injection into the erectile intracaverneuze give drugs that cause blood vessels to dilate and the muscles in the erectile tissue is relaxed. As a result, blood in the erectile tissue causing an erection can occur.
• You can treat yourself to the intra-urethral medication from a swab into the urethra to bring. After administration, the erection within 5-10 minutes expected. This takes approximately 30-60 minutes.
• A urologist is a specialist in the field of male and female urinary system and male genitals.
• Know your facts
• At least 150 million men worldwide have sometimes erectile problems and about one in 10 men experience erectile problems in the long term.
• Approximately 40% of male forties sometimes say to have problems with getting and maintaining an erection. This also applies to more than half of men 40 to 70 years, and 70% of male their seventies.
• In 20% of cases, the inability to achieve an erection is not unusual and treatment is unnecessary.
• Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) in 50-60% of cases in men 60 and older the culprit. And between 35 and 50% of diabetic men have erectile problems. Erectile dysfunction may be seen as a warning to other diseases.