Saturday, April 9, 2011

Causes and Cures for ED

By Cheryl Wilson


Not many people are aware that in most cases physical rather than psychological causes are responsible for impotence (ED), and that ED is usually eminently curable.

Even today, sexual impotence is perhaps the most poorly understood and mismanaged of all medical disorders. There are two primary factors that could contribute to this poor track record.

1. Guilt, fear, superstition and shame of the stigma attached to the social taboo of talking about sexual problems.

2. Ignorance of sexual matters and a false belief in the common myths surrounding impotence that lead people to wrongly believe that the problem is psychological in nature.

These two issues are the underlying reason why so many cases of impotence remain poorly managed, if they're discussed at all. These things could be the contributing factor for the overall impression that impotence can't be easily cured.

This belief is a shame, as the vast majority of erectile dysfunction cases are not caused by psychological factors and they are able to be corrected.

Andrologists are very aware that impotence, or erectile dysfunction, has long been a very common problem. It's estimated the the condition could affect up to 10 percent of men. However in men over 40, almost 52% of men are thought to suffer from the condition.

Despite this staggering incidence, few cases come to light.

It's commonly believed that men who experience impotence have an 'all or nothing' phenomenon. Even some doctors have the wrongful belief that men can either achieve a good erection on some occasions or remain completely flaccid. This belief is completely false. Most men with erectile dysfunction have normal desire and can obtain an erection, only the erection is not hard enough or doesn't last long enough. This is why most andrologists prefer to describe the condition as erectile dysfunction, to describe only a partial loss, rather than impotence, which desribes a complete loss. And yet the vast majority of people still believe psychological issues are the cause, rather than physical.

Fortunately that common belief is slowly turning around. Recent advances in andrological research has proven conclusively that as many as 90 percent of men experiencing chronic impotence are suffering from a problem within the body and not within the mind. These causes can be identified using modern andrological investigative modalities, quantified and often successfully treated using totally non-psychological methods.

Other fields of medical research are advancing at a rapid pace all the time, yet male reproductive problems remain under-researched and far behind other advances. When compared to female reproductive medicine it's woefully behind, as obstetics and gynecology is advancing all the time and is a highly developed specialization. In fact, so advanced is the understanding of the subject that today, in most countries, gynecologists restrict themselves to sub-specialty areas within their subject such as gynecological oncology, high-risk pregnancies, female infertility etc. because it is so difficult to keep pace with all the developments in the subject. The delay in progress for the male area of this medical subject could be interesting to ponder.

Two main factors are pre-eminent. The main one is thought to be linked to male chauvinism. Our history shows that our society has become very patriarchal and somewhat dominated by males. Men's egos would not let them admit that there could be something wrong with their 'jewels of manhood'. Oddly, men are responsible for the advances in medical research surrounding the female reproductive system and development of the gynecology and obstetrics fields. Yet men's sexual health remains largely misunderstood.

The secondary reason could be a misunderstanding of the lessons learnedy by Sigmund Freud. This led to the erroneous conclusion that most male sexual problems had their roots in the mind.

Traditional branches of medicine stem from biological roots, where research is conducted into learning about the anatomy and physiology and then going on to learn how to remedy the various things that can go wrong, yet with male reproductive problems, medicine seems to have turned to psychology instead, which has been detrimental to development.

This could be a prime explanation for why people realize what a complex coordination of neuromuscular networks to raise a finger, but they don't realize that the same level of neuromuscular complexity is required to raise a penis. Most think that all that is needed for the latter event to occur is a naughty thought.

So what is the primary cause of erectile dysfunction? Although ED (impotence) can afflict anyone from 13 to 90 and is associated with a wide variety of clinical conditions and disease states, the basic mechanisms causing impotence are only a few.

Each of the linked causes for impotence can be easily identified since the recent advances in andrological investigative procedures.




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