Male Impotence - Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment
Methods of diagnosis
The Latin term for male impotence is impotentia coeundi which describes simple inability to insert the penis into the vagina. The medical condition is characterized by the regular or repeated inability to obtain or maintain an erection. Erectile dysfunction can be diagnosed by several methods. Duplex ultrasound is one of them and it is used to evaluate blood flow, venous leak, signs of atherosclerosis, and scarring or calcification of erectile tissue. Injecting prostaglandin, a hormone-like stimulator produced in the body, induces erection. Ultrasound is then used to see vascular dilation and measure penile blood pressure. Measurements are compared to those taken when the penis is flaccid.
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Erectile Dysfunction or What Causes Male Impotence
Does erectile dysfunction really bother you? Many men think that there is a period in their life when sexual contacts are not any more needed. They do not think like that now but when they start to experience difficulties in their sexual life this is maybe the first horrible thought that appear in their mind. Male impotence is a kind of sexual dysfunction. It is characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis. Like many other things in human’s life erectile dysfunction (ED) is not inevitable. It can be cure or replaced by some medical treatments. Nowadays time is so stressful, electric and uncontrollable. We might don’t understand it right now but in couple of years we can feel it on our own. Our body is weaker, our nerves are tortured and our inner life seems to be ruled by unstoppable external powers. We cannot obey them without a single try to cope with them, right?
Impotence can be of several types: arteriogenic, venogenic, neurogenic, endocrinologic (or hormonal), mixed, psychogenic.
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