What is ED patient

ED is an English abbreviation, which means male erectile dysfunction. This is a phenomenon that exists among many men nowadays. The pressure on people in today's society is gradually increasing. If the pressure cannot be released in time, it will have an impact on physical and mental health. Therefore, the number of ED patients is also showing an increasing trend year by year. When suffering from ED, it will bring harm to the patient's life and family.

What is ED patient

1.ED refers to the inability of the penis to achieve or maintain an erection to satisfy sexual intercourse. ED is more accurate than the term "impotence" used in the past, because the term "impotence" has a certain negative connotation. ED can be divided into three degrees: mild, moderate, and severe. Impotence is a severe form of ED.

2. But for most men, ED is related to many diseases (hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease), drugs, trauma and surgery, because the erection mechanism is a complete hemodynamic process including relaxation of the penis cavernous body smooth muscle, dilation of the penis artery, increased blood flow and obstruction of venous return. In this process, the cause of any dysfunction can be divided into organic ED, psychological ED and mixed ED.

Types of ED

1. Organic ED

Vascular causes: including any disease that may lead to decreased blood flow in the corpus cavernosum arteries of the penis, such as: atherosclerosis, arterial injury, arterial stenosis, pudendal artery shunt and abnormal heart function, or penile venous leakage caused by decreased smooth muscle in the tunica albuginea and sinus cavernosum of the penis that obstruct the closure mechanism of venous reflux.

Neurological causes: Central or peripheral nerve disease or damage can lead to erectile dysfunction.

Surgery and trauma: Major vascular surgery, radical prostatectomy, abdominoperineal rectal cancer radical surgery and other surgeries as well as pelvic fractures, lumbar compression fractures or straddle injuries can cause damage to the blood vessels and nerves related to penile erection, leading to erectile dysfunction.

Endocrine diseases, chronic diseases and long-term use of certain medications can also cause erectile dysfunction.

Diseases of the penis itself: such as Peyronie's disease, penile curvature, severe phimosis and glansitis caused by foreskin feeding.

2. Psychological ED

Refers to erectile dysfunction caused by psychological factors such as tension, stress, depression, anxiety and marital discord.

3. Mixed ED

Refers to erectile dysfunction caused by both psychological factors and organic causes. In addition, since organic ED is not treated in time, the psychological pressure of patients increases, and they are afraid of sexual intercourse failure, making ED treatment more complicated. A study on the etiology classification of 628 ED patients in China showed that psychological factors accounted for 39%, organic factors accounted for 15.8%, and mixed factors accounted for 45.2%.