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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Erectile Dysfunction Treatment

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Erectile dysfunction is the condition in which men are not able to achieve the erection or hold the erection for the sufficient amount of time during the sexual activity. As a result of erectile dysfunction, men tend to lose their self-esteem and confidence in social life. Because of erectile dysfunction men start feeling that they are unable to satisfy their partner’s sexual demands, and certainly start losing interest in life.
There are lots of factors like diabetes, blood pressure, and heart disorders also contribute to the lack of blood supply to the penis and finally to erectile dysfunction.
There are different surgical and nonsurgical treatments for erectile dysfunction.
Different type of nonsurgical treatments are::

  • Vacuum Devices::A cylinder that is place over the penis, which pumps out the air out of the penis and allows the more amount of blood to flow into the penis.
  • Drugs::Oral drugs are found to be best medication on the erectile dysfunction.
  • Penile Injection Therapy::This therapy includes the injecting the drugs in liquid form directly into the penis.
  • Intraurethral Pellet Therapy::In Intraurethral pellet therapy the drug, Alprostadil, is formulated into a small suppository and this suppository is inserted into the urethra, the canal through which urine and semen are excreted.

Different types of surgical treatments are as follows::
  • Penile implants::A device in inserted in the penis which helps to get the erection.
  • Semirigid or Malleable Rod Implants::In this surgery, two semirigid or malleable rods are inserted in the penis with the help of surgery and this provides the proper hard erection.
  • Inflatable Implants::The most expensive treatment with the lots of risk involved. This treatment is not advisable.
  • Vascular Reconstructive Surgery::Surgery is done to either reconstruct the arteries in the penis or to block the veins which supply blood out of the penis.

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