Are you in a high-stress job? Unemployed? Facing a crucial deadline? Putting in too many hours at work? Going through a major change in your life? All of these things can have a profound affect on sexual desire and performance.
However, only about 5% of men who seek medical treatment for erectile dysfunction are testosterone deficient.
‘Cause’ # 5 – Smoking and Alcohol … cigarettes harm and hamper circulation and blood supply and contributes to hardening of the arteries, including those in the penis.
‘Cause’ # 4 – Drugs… these include pharmaceutical and recreational – also combining the two can make it worse like, for example, Viagra and Ecstasy.
All kinds of scenes were flashing before my eyes as… … blood rushed to my head in the space of a second.
However, the poor circulation of blood is also due to blood-sugar levels, high blood pressure and high cholesterol level, which can be improved with diet and ridding the body of ‘stale’ oxygen (see below).
Now does this mean it’s inevitable? Yes and no. The main reason more older guys suffer erectile dysfunction than younger guys is because the common negative habits that both adopt have had longer to intensify into a noticeable effect.
This decreases blood-flow into the penis and, also, increases blood-flow out of the penis… this equals no erection.
‘Cause’ # 3 – Medical Conditions… diabetes and hypertension are the main two. Anywhere between 35-50% of guys with diabetes suffer erectile dysfunction due to high blood-sugar levels and what can result is something called arteriosclerosis, which is the thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries.
Luckily, you can access a free solution to surgery and drug treatments below. ‘Cause’ # 8 – Physical Injuries… damage to the spinal cord and/or pelvic area trauma, such as a pelvic fracture, can cause sufficient nerve damage that can result in impotence.
Often if there is an existing physical problem, mental tension in whatever form will make it worse. And this brings up the crux of the conflicting information on erectile dysfunction… See, there is much debate about whether ED is due to physical or psychological causes or both.
If you don’t address the habit, you will suffer erectile dysfunction. ‘Cause’ # 2 – Insufficient Blood Supply… the main factor here is bad breathing habits, which can be dealt with using a largely unknown yet simple & effective method.
I soon found out that there is as much conflicting information out there as there is amount of information.
With performance anxiety, your brain releases chemicals that constrict the smooth muscle of the penis and its arteries.
To this day I still don’t know for sure, but the moment they were gone I went to my drawers, grabbed the “magic” nasal spray and threw it in the bin.
Aside from the obvious lung cancer, they also increase disorders of the blood vessels, listed above. Like other recreational drugs, alcohol can temporary relax you which may seem to help your erections but, long-term, it depresses your central nervous system and impairs your sexual function… “drinkers’ droop” has real long-term effect.