Men's Health - Erectile dysfunction
ETIOLOGY OF IMPOTENCE
| ETIOLOGY OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Psychogenic: Most important factors are performance anxiety (fear of failure during intercourse) & depression. Organic: - Vascular: Arterial: e.g. atherosclerosis & trauma Venous: failure of the corporal veno-occlusive mechanism Sinusoidal: failure to relax (e.g. fibrosis) - Neural: Central: e.g. multiple sclerosis & spinal cord injury Peripheral: Afferent (sensory neuropathy e.g. DM). Efferent (autonomic neuropathy or after radical pelvic surgery). - Endocrine: Mainly DM, hypogonadism & hyperprolactinemia - Drugs: Medications: e.g. some antihypertensives, antidepressants, antiandrogens & major tranquilizers Cigarette smoking Alcoholism Recreational drugs: e.g. Marijuana & Heroin - Other diseases e.g. liver, renal & cardiac failure. |
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جميع حقوق الطبع والنشر محفوظة للدكتور حسين
غانم لعام 1999
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Professor of Andrology, Cairo University
Formerly: Fellow in Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Formerly: Fellow in Male Sexual Function, Reproduction, and Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA |
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