Sexual Impotence

Sexual impotence or erectile dysfunction is a difficult reality to address among men. It is known as the persistent inability to get or maintain an erection that allows satisfactory sexual intercourse.

The good news is that sexual impotence is not a disease but a symptom; the reflection of an underlying problem. This means that you can get rid of sexual impotence by working to correct one of the reasons that causes erectile dysfunction.

This problem is common in men over 40 years of age, so it is important to treat it in time as this could have a psychological impact on the person and on the affective relationships with the partner, the family and the social environment.

Here are 5 reasons that cause sexual impotence or erectile dysfunction.

5 causes of impotence

1. Emotional causes: That is to say that in these cases the penis does not present any type of alteration that causes impotence , so mental illnesses or conditions such as anxiety, depression, stress or even relationship problems can cause dysfunction.
2. Vascular causes: They are the most common and mean that the penis cannot accumulate the blood required to have an erection. This can be caused by smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and increased cholesterol levels.
3. Neurological causes: In these cases there is an interruption in the sending of messages from the brain to the penis so that an erection occurs. This may be due to injury to the involved nerves due to spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, or pelvic surgery.
4. Hormonal causes: Although rare, it is due to a lack of male sex hormones.
5. Pharmacological causes: Finally, another cause of impotence is due to the fact that some medications have among their side effects, decrease the ability or quality of having an erection.