Male Sexual Dysfunction is More Common then You May Think

Impotence is often what a person will feel when fighting city hall.  Impotence is also what a male may feel when fighting to have an erection during sex.  Go ahead and snicker and joke about impotence.  Many people feel squeamish or embarrassed when the subject of sex comes up but besides human sexuality being a most normal function, the ability to procreate can and has had effects on the history of mankind.

The inability to ejaculate can also affect a man's self-esteem, his relationship with his partner and for some, his sense of self-worth. 

There are many varying causes for erectile dysfunction (ED) such as psychological problems like stress, depression, poor self-esteem, and performance anxiety, yet doctors believe that physical causes or actual physical injury of the penis make up at least 70% of erectile dysfunction cases.  Many of the physical reasons for ED are problems such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, hypertension, atherosclerosis, physical injuries or side-effects from post-operative prostate surgery.  Lifestyle choices also aggravate or cause ED, like the abuse of tobacco and alcohol products as well as little or no exercise or even too much exercise, for example, being an avid bicycle rider.  It seems that the shape of some bicycle seats put pressure on the perineum which contains arteries and nerves vital to sexual arousal.

The symptoms of erectile dysfunction include erections that are too soft for sexual intercourse, erections that last only briefly, an inability to achieve an erection, and men whom cannot get or maintain an erection for 75% of the time are considered to possibly have erectile dysfunction. 

And the risk of impotence increases with age.  According to a Massachusetts Male Aging Study, about 40% of men experience some degree of erectile dysfunction at age 40 compared with 7 out of 10 men at the age 70. And the percentage of complete ED increases from 5% to 15% as age increases from 40 to 70 years.  But, growing old doesn't mean the good times are in the past, impotence is treatable in all age groups, it can be treated at any age. 

Treatments include psychotherapy, vacuum devices, surgery and, most often today, drug therapy.  Rehabmart doesn't offer psychotherapy, drug therapy, or perform surgery. But Rehabmart can offer some safe and professional devices to assist men in recovering what they may have lost.

This is a safe, easy, and inexpensive product to use and is a type of product that doctors would recommend as a first step.  The Impo-Aid Comfort Rings can be used with other methods of impotence treatment and many doctors recommend using this with Viagra or injection therapy.

The following vacuum therapy or pump systems essentially work the same way but with slight differences.  A vacuum erection device creates an erection by placing the penis in a plastic cylinder and applying a gentle vacuum to draw blood into the penis, hence creating an erection.  These devices also come with a specially designed tension ring which is transferred from the device to the base of the penis, holding the erection for up to thirty minutes.

                  
 
The Encore Manual Vacuum Erection Device includes a manual pump and penile tube, seven incrementally different sized rings, a tube of lubricant, a zippered carrying case, an instruction booklet and video.

Bill Stock
Library Editor for Rehabmart
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Hulet Smith, OT
Rehabmart Team Leader & CEO