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Various treatment methods to cure for erectile problems

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Nerve cell damage and neurogenic problems as a cause of erection problems: suggested treatments for erectile dysfunction. These cures could get your erection back to full rigidity!

An erection is caused by a combination of nerve impulses and changes in blood supply: it follows, therefore, that any damage to the nerve cells as well as the blood vessels can cause erection problems. Trauma or damage to the brain, spinal cord, penile nerve supply, or the nerve cell receptors in arteries and cavernous smooth muscle of the penis can lead to erection difficulties.

Diabetes is the most important cause of neurogenic erection problems. The condition often produces nerve damage in the outlying parts of the body - not just the penis, though this is the part that is relevant for our discussion. (This is called "peripheral neuropathy.) In diabetics, this may even be more important than changes in blood supply.

If you have something as major as Parkinson's disease, you may well have erectile dysfunction. About one man in three with Parkinson's disease has erectile dysfunction. (Erection problems can even be an indication of a man developing Parkinson's.) The erection problems are caused by nervous system insufficiency and loss of noradrenaline cells in the brain, in addition to the loss of  dopamine cells. This causes failure of the nervous system mechanism which helps to constrict the veins during an erection.

Spinal cord injury also contributes to erection problems: but sometimes a reflex erection is left after the injury if it has occurred high enough up the spine.

Endocrine Disorders & Erection Problems

Apart from diabetes, loss of testosterone is the most important endocrinological issue which is implicated in erectile dysfunction. Some reports have suggested that testosterone therapy does not impact on erectile dysfunction: this is incorrect, and the assumption stems from a lack of understanding of how testosterone acts in the body. Free testosterone, which is biologically available to the ceils, is by no means related to total testosterone. If you are having your  testosterone measured, it is vitally important to have it checked by a doctor who knows how to read the results - and what to test for in the first place. 

Elevated prolactin levels are associated with low testosterone and have a role in some men who have erection problems.

Thyroid disorders are also associated with erectile dysfunction.