Treatment For Males
Since in many men the cause of sexual dysfunction is related to anxiety about performance, psychotherapy can help. Situational anxiety arises from an earlier bad incident or lack of experience. This anxiety often leads to development of fear towards sexual activity and avoidance. In return evading leads to a cycle of increased anxiety and desensitization of the penis. In some cases, erectile dysfunction may be due to marital disharmony. Marriage counseling sessions are recommended in this situation.
Lifestyle changes such as discontinuing smoking, drug or alcohol abuse can also help in some types of erectile dysfunction. Several medications like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra have become available to help people with erectile dysfunction. These medications do work in about 60% of men. In the rest, the medications may not work because of wrong diagnosis or chronic history.
Another type of medication that is effective in roughly 85% of men is called intracavernous pharmacotherapy — used by companies such as Boston Medical Group, Performance Medical Centers and independent doctors — and involves injecting a vasodilator drug directly into the penis in order to stimulate an erection. This method has an increased risk of priapism if used in conjunction with other treatments, and localized pain.
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