This thing that men love to do can actually cause their penis to not get an erection!

The inability of the penis to erect is fatal to men. Just in terms of sex life, men cannot show their prowess in bed. Medically speaking, the inability of the penis to erect is actually the so-called erectile dysfunction. So what are the causes of this disease?

1. Age

In 1992, the National Institute of Health of the United States concluded that age is an indirect high-risk factor closely related to erectile dysfunction. The possibility of erectile dysfunction increases with age. Foreign reports show that the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in men aged 20 to 30 is 7%, and the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in men aged 70 to 79 is 57%.

Although the likelihood of developing erectile dysfunction increases with age, erectile dysfunction is not an inevitable part of the aging process.

2. Psychological

Mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, and drugs used to treat depression are all related to erectile dysfunction. 50% to 90% of depressed patients have low libido; on the other hand, sexual dysfunction often causes mental disorders such as depression and anxiety.

3.Medications

Diuretics, blood pressure medications, heart disease medications, tranquilizers, antidepressants, hormones, anticholesterols, and ulcer medications can all cause erectile dysfunction.

4. Unhealthy lifestyle

① The prevalence of complete erectile dysfunction in heart disease patients who smoke and non-smokers was 56% and 21%, respectively; the prevalence of complete erectile dysfunction in hypertension patients who smoke and non-smokers was 20% and 8.5%, respectively.

②Alcoholism: Alcoholism is said to “increase sexual desire and reduce sexual potency.” Foreign studies have shown that the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in liver disease patients who are alcoholics and non-alcoholics is 70% and 25% respectively. Moreover, half of them still cannot restore erectile function after quitting drinking for many years.

③Drug abuse: Studies have shown that the prevalence of erectile dysfunction among heroin users is 32.2%.