What are the reasons for male impotence

1. Age

In 1992, the United States National Institute of Health concluded that age is closely related to erectile dysfunction and indirect risk factors, with age, the occurrence of erectile dysfunction increased possibility. Foreign reports, 20 to 30-year-old male erectile dysfunction prevalence rate of 7%, 70 ~ 79-year-old erectile dysfunction incidence was 57%.

Despite the possibility of erectile dysfunction improve with age, but erectile dysfunction in the aging process is not inevitable.

2. Disease

① cardiovascular disease such as heart disease, high blood pressure in patients with erectile dysfunction associated with the respective percentages of 39%, 15%. Erectile dysfunction and may be generalized atherosclerosis precursor.

② diabetes and erectile dysfunction are most closely related to one disease, diabetes prevalence rate of erectile dysfunction was 23% ~ 75%. Diabetes who happened more than 10 years the possibility of erectile dysfunction than 5 years 1 times higher. In addition, poorly controlled blood glucose, smoking increased the incidence of potential.

③ chronic renal failure associated with the ratio of erectile dysfunction in 40%.

④ hyperlipidemia, higher serum total cholesterol, high LDL close lower, the occurrence of erectile dysfunction more likely.

⑤ multiple sclerosis, stroke, demyelinating diseases, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's are related to erectile dysfunction.

⑥ pituitary function deteriorated, hypogonadism, hyperprolactinemia, adrenal disease, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism and other endocrine diseases and erectile function.

⑦ prostate, penile diseases associated with the possibility of erectile dysfunction in 40%.

⑧ ulcer disease associated with the possibility of erectile dysfunction was 18%, arthritis, allergies, alcoholic cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are closely linked with erectile dysfunction.

3. Psychological factors

Mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression and the treatment of depression with drugs related to erectile dysfunction. 50% ~ 90% in patients with depression desire indifferent; On the other hand, sexual dysfunction is often caused by depression, anxiety and other mental disorders.

4. Diuretic agents, antihypertensive agents, treatment of heart disease drugs, antipsychotic, antidepressants, hormones, anti-cholinergic drugs and the treatment of ulcer disease drugs may cause erectile dysfunction.

5. Unhealthy lifestyle

① smoking. Smoking and non-smokers with heart disease completely erectile dysfunction prevalence rates were 56% and 21%; smoking smoking and non-smoking hypertensive patients with complete erectile dysfunction prevalence rates were 20% and 8.5 %.

② alcoholism. Alcohol has "enhance sexual desire, reduced sexual power" theory. Overseas studies have shown that alcohol and non-alcoholic liver disease in patients with erectile dysfunction prevalence rates were 70% and 25%. And half years after the people in the abstinence failed to restore erectile function.

③ drug. Research has shown that heroin from erectile dysfunction prevalence rate of 32.2%.

6. Trauma, surgery or surgery of spinal cord injury, pelvic fracture with urethral injury, abdominal perineal radical surgery of rectal cancer, retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy, aortic reconstruction surgery, pelvic radiotherapy for prostate cancer, such as any damage to the penis nerve and vascular supply trauma, surgery are easily cause erectile dysfunction. Therefore, surgeons should make continuous improvement in surgical procedures, improve surgical techniques, the prevention of iatrogenic erectile dysfunction happen.