A visit to a doctor is compulsory. How to deal with a delicate male problem

Someone is embarrassed to discuss such a delicate topic with a doctor, someone considers temporary "problems" to be the norm, someone cannot find time to visit the clinic. But you need to force yourself, because sexual weakness not only negatively affects intimate life and self-esteem. It signals a serious malfunction in the body.

What diseases does erectile dysfunction indicate?

There are several "classic" causes of erectile dysfunction (ED): atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, overweight, smoking and psychological disorders.

Therefore, if everything is calm in your family and at work, you do not have depression, but at the same time everything is not in order in the intimate sphere, you certainly need to have your heart examined by a cardiologist, check the level of sugar, cholesterol and testosterone in the blood. Testosterone levels depend on the amount of body fat, diet and physical activity. The wrong lifestyle and the lack of sports activities reduce it, and, accordingly, the potency decreases. Therefore, in addition to medications, the doctor, of course, will advise you to go in for sports, give up bad habits and adjust your diet.

The early signs of ED are precursors of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and there is a simple explanation for this relationship. An erection is directly related to the blood filling of the male organ. Since the diameter of the vessels in it is much smaller than the diameter of, say, the coronary or carotid arteries, in atherosclerosis they, as thinner ones, are affected in the first place. Therefore, if a man complains of a weak erection or lack of erection, after a while he will most likely become a patient no longer of a urologist-andrologist, but of a cardiologist.

From the first symptoms of erectile dysfunction to the detection of diseases of the cardiovascular system, as a rule, several years pass. There is also a more frightening pattern: if sex life has worsened, then in 5-7 years myocardial infarction is not excluded. Remember this and do not delay your visit to the doctor.

In patients with high blood pressure, ED occurs almost 4 times more often than in men without it. And, for example, in patients with coronary heart disease (IHD), ED appears about 2-3 years earlier than IHD itself, that is, it is a predictor, as experts say.

Globally, the spectrum of causes of erectile dysfunction is very wide: anatomical abnormalities, urological, endocrine and cardiovascular pathologies, the consequences of trauma and surgical interventions, some drugs, negative environmental factors and improper lifestyle. The doctor needs to analyze all possible factors to establish the cause.

Returning the function even to elderly patients

A group of scientists under his leadership conducted a large-scale study and came to the conclusion that a course of training the pelvic floor muscles in 84% of cases restores erectile function or dramatically increases its quality. By "pumping up" the muscles on an innovative simulator, patients can regain an erection. In the remaining 16% of cases, specialists identify the cause and work on it using other methods.

Remember: if any difficulties began to arise during intercourse or the morning erection disappeared, this is a good reason to contact a urologist and cardiologist.