Your urologist will perform a physical examination to check your health. They will examine your genitals (testes and scrotum) for any signs of injury or problems that point to erectile dysfunction. They will also check your heart rate and blood pressure to know about your cardiovascular health. They may even perform a rectal examination to check your prostate.
One must be very careful using both PDE5 inhibitors and medications commonly used to treat an enlarged prostate, alpha-blockers (for example, tamsulosin [Flomax], terazosin [Hytrin]). It is recommended that one be on a stable dose of the alpha-blocker prior to starting a PDE5 inhibitor and that one start on a low dose of the PDE5 inhibitor and increase as tolerated and needed to treat the erectile dysfunction. Similarly, if you are on a PDE5 inhibitor and your doctor recommends that you start an alpha-blocker for your prostate, you should start at a low dose and increase as tolerated and needed to treat your prostate symptoms.
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If you experience erectile dysfunction (ED) for more than 6 months you should seek professional help. Your doctor can help you find the causes by performing physical and psychological tests. Read more about them in the section Diagnosis of ED.
Treatment for ED is based on the cause of the problem. Some of the treatments that may be used include:
Patients should continue testosterone therapy only if there is improvement in the symptoms of hypogonadism and should be monitored regularly. You will need periodic blood tests for testosterone levels and blood tests to monitor your blood count and PSA. Testosterone therapy has health risks, and thus doctors should closely monitor its use. Testosterone therapy can worsen sleep apnea and congestive heart failure.
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Your urologist will perform a physical examination to check your health. They will examine your genitals (testes and scrotum) for any signs of injury or problems that point to erectile dysfunction. They will also check your heart rate and blood pressure to know about your cardiovascular health. They may even perform a rectal examination to check your prostate.
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Low testosterone levels. This can make it difficult to get an erection. It can also reduce a man's sex drive.Nerve damage from prostate surgery.Nicotine, alcohol, or cocaine use.Spinal cord injury.
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There needs to be proper blood flow in the groin to make it hard or cause an erection. Working out improves the blood flow and helps in erection. But if you’re excessively working out or have any diseases like Peyronie disease, low libido, then you still can find problems in erection.
Mr Myers said further trials are needed to confirm that pelvic floor exercises are effective in treating sexual dysfunction.
Kegel exercises, also called pelvic muscle exercises, are performed to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor, which can help prevent incontinence, prevent accidentally passing gas or stool, and improve orgasms.
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Impotence treatments were discussed in the oldest Chinese text, The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, which describes traditional Chinese medicine during the time of the Yellow Emperor’s rule which ended around 2600 BC. One of the treatments for impotence discussed is a potion with 22 ingredients.4