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A detailed medical history, sexual history, and physical exam are warranted to identify causative or reversible factors involved in ED.4 Select laboratory tests (e.g., serum testosterone, serum blood glucose, fasting lipid panel, thyroid-stimulating hormone) may be obtained to identify causative factors of ED. Additionally, a detailed medication history is necessary to identify medications that may be contributing to ED (see TABLE 1).4,5
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Your doctor may recommend pursuing some mental health support to alleviate the impact of stress, depression, or anxiety on your ED. Seeking help from a mental health professional can help treat erectile dysfunction.
The pulsating waves also trigger a healing response that “wakes-up” dormant stem cells and growth factors in the penis for an overall rejuvenation of male erectile tissue.
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This involves listening to the heart rate and the lungs. The blood pressure is checked, the testicles and penis are examined. A rectal exam can be done to test for prostate.
“There are many herbal remedies that tout improvement in erectile function, but most have little effect and may actually have detrimental side effects,” Mucher says. Two natural erectile dysfunction treatments that have shown promise are red ginseng and pomegranate juice.
Medication therapy is effective, especially in older men. Additional treatment may include self-injected medication, vacuum erection devices, or urethral suppositories. Surgical interventions include vascular reconstruction for improved penile blood flow. Penile implants are considered for some cases.
For ED, one systematic review concluded that red ginseng in particular may be effective in the treatment of ED. However, like most OTC ED remedies, additional research is required to provide conclusive evidence.
Smoking, drinking alcohol and the use of recreational drugs such as narcotics, stimulants and hallucinogens can all affect sexual function. Chemicals from smoking can interfere with blood flow to your penis and damage the lining of the blood vessels or lead to atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). It can also affect the smooth muscle tissue that needs to relax to allow blood to flow in. Short-term use of alcohol affects sexual desire, reduces performance and delays orgasm and ejaculation.
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You can buy extract of the bark of the yohimbe tree – long used as an aphrodisiac in western Africa -- as a dietary supplement. Its promoters claim it can help erectile dysfunction. But the science shows mixed results.
If the tablets mentioned above don't work, then injecting a medicine called Caverject into the base of your penis is another option. It allows most men to get an erection, which may last beyond ejaculation. Some men may be put off by this method, but the injector devices are simple and convenient to use and the procedure is virtually painless. Your doctor or sexual health specialist needs to show you in person how to use it safely.
Yale Medicine Urology offers many advanced medical and surgical options to address erectile dysfunction. The department is guided by personalized care to treat the patient.
Your doctor will do a physical exam and ask you questions about your symptoms. He or she may do a blood or urine test. Your doctor may consider other tests to rule out other conditions.