What affects potency

The strength and duration of sexual arousal in men depends on many significant factors. Patients can control their own potency, taking measures to maintain health and stabilize the psychological state, giving up bad habits.

Condition of internal organs

Pathologies of a physiological and psychogenic nature can significantly affect the functioning of the genitals and reduce the level of fertility in the male body. The following abnormalities are considered the most dangerous for sexual health:

• congenital disorders, damage or deformation of the arteries due to significant injuries of the penis, the formation of atherosclerotic deposits. Significant vascular spasms are observed with tobacco smoking, severe hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Patients suffer from painful symptoms such as loss of sufficient strength of erection. Decreased blood circulation in the genitals entails the occurrence of an inadequate erection and the inability to perform sexual intercourse;
• venogenic dysfunction. The cause of the pathology is a violation of the veno-occlusive process. In the presence of a disorder at the time of arousal, a man suffers from a pathological discharge of blood and cannot bring the penis into an erect state. In some patients, insufficiency of the tunica develops, significant increases in the leg veins are found;
• age-related changes. Natural aging processes lead to a gradual decrease in sex drive. Elderly men suffer from systemic degenerative processes, including insufficient blood flow and low testosterone levels, loss of sensitivity of the central nervous system and other chronic pathologies;
• anatomical abnormalities. Structural changes in the penis prevent many men from having meaningful sexual relationships. Violation of the structure of the genital organ often occurs due to fibrosis of the cavernous tissue, Peyronie's disease or congenital curvatures;
• pathology of the cavernous tissue. The presence of lesions of the cavities interfere with the normal course of the erectile mechanism;
• hormonal disorders. An essential role in the mechanism of the growth of sexual desire is played by a sufficient amount of the erection mediator (nitric oxide) and the male sex hormone (testosterone). Insufficient testicular activity causes a deficiency of the described substances and the patient loses interest in intimate relationships;
• neurological diseases. Lesions of the spinal cord and brain as a result of operations in the intimate area, mechanical damage to nerve fibers lead to severe erectile dysfunction;
• psychogenic disorders. Faced with serious stressful situations and conflicts, as well as lack of rest and overexertion leads to a decrease in sexual potency. The negative impact of emotional pressure contributes to the development of organic mechanisms (an increase in adrenaline and norepinephrine levels, blocking of nerve impulses), leading to the loss of full-fledged arousal.

Bad habits

The intake of psychotropic substances, drugs and alcohol causes a permanent loss of sexual desire. Long-term use of illegal drugs can lead to a complete lack of erectile ability and incurable infertility. Persons suffering from nicotine and alcohol addiction note an increase in the level of female sex hormones and a decrease in testosterone in the blood, the rapid development of liver diseases, the onset of diabetes mellitus and weight gain, a significant decrease in intellectual activity and physical weakness.

Medication

Taking a long course of treatment with certain drugs can cause weakening of sexual performance. Among the medications that suppress sexual function are:

• antihypertensive drugs
• non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
• antiepileptic drugs
• prostate cancer drugs
• chemotherapy drugs
• muscle relaxants
• antidepressants and sedatives
• antiarrhythmic substances
• histamine H2 receptor antagonists
• remedies for the disease Parkinson's

If possible, the patient should ask the doctor to replace these drugs with analogues that do not harm sexual abilities. If a change in the tactics of treatment is not recommended, then it will be possible to restore potency only after the completion of the medication course.