Erectile dysfunction means you can't get an erection hard enough for normal sexual activity.
If you seek help for erectile dysfunction, the first step will be for a doctor to take a complete medical history and look into any of the possible causes listed above. One of the key things is to establish if you have nocturnal erections. Believe it or not, the simplest test for nocturnal erections is to fasten a strip of gummed postage stamps around the penis: the strip will be broken in the morning if the penis becomes erect during the night. But despite the simple nature of this test, it is very useful, for having normal erections means there may be no physical problem in the penis.
So if a man's erectile dysfunction is caused by psychological factors, how can it be treated? There are four categories of treatment, which can be summed up as follows: lifestyle and medication changes; medical treatment or surgery; and, most importantly, psychosexual therapy.
Much of this is common sense. Healthy exercise, good food and a balanced diet, not smoking, and low alcohol intake are all key points. If you're taking drugs for a particular medical condition, they can be changed for another that has less effect on your erections. Surgery can be tried in the cases with a clear physical cause, but most useful is good sexual psychotherapy. We know that the majority of cases of erectile dysfunction can improve dramatically with psychological therapy. Professional sex therapists will use a treatment system that focuses on making a man more relaxed, reducing his anxiety and increasing his sense of connection to his own body. A lot of men who have erection problems tend to use fantasy a lot to maintain their arousal during sex. But relying on fantasy to stay erect becomes less effective as a man gets older because his natural ability to stay sexually aroused without physical contact decreases. So a lot of the therapy is about helping a man to learn that he needs physical touch from his partner to keep his erection. What's more, the touch has to be the right kind of touch, so both the man and his partner need to learn the techniques.
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