What are the common symptoms of impotence?

Maybe many of our male friends have experienced varying degrees of impotence recently, which has had a great impact on us male friends. Many male friends are very distressed and actively go to andrology hospitals to seek effective treatment, but they have not been able to get good results. It is very necessary to discover this situation as early as possible. Maybe many of us are not particularly familiar with impotence. Let us take a look at the common symptoms of impotence and related issues.

1. Impotence is when a man's penis cannot erect or can erect but not hard when he has sexual desire, and he cannot have sexual intercourse and has difficulty having sex. The complete inability to have an erection is called complete impotence, while the penis can erect but not have enough hardness for sexual intercourse is called incomplete impotence. The main symptoms of impotence are:

1. The penis cannot fully erect or the erection is not strong enough to allow for a satisfactory sexual intercourse.

2. Young people experience anxiety and impatience accompanied by impotence due to insufficient emotional communication with their sexual partners or inconsistent sexual behavior habits.

3. Impotence may occur occasionally, but it is completely normal during the next sexual intercourse. It may be caused by temporary tension or fatigue and is not pathological.

4. Although impotence occurs frequently, the penis can be erect and maintain an erection for a period of time in the early morning or during masturbation, which is mostly caused by psychological factors.

5. Impotence persists and progresses, which is mostly caused by organic diseases.

2.1. Psychological erectile dysfunction

It also manifests as erectile dysfunction. However, patients often have a history of mental trauma, homosexuality, marital discord, or mental anxiety, depression, etc., and can have normal erections under certain specific circumstances, such as masturbation, sleep, or with another partner. Penile erections are normal at night. Penile blood flow examination is normal.

2. Neurogenic erectile dysfunction

It refers to erectile dysfunction caused by the destruction of the structural and functional integrity of the pudendal nerve pathway. When the peripheral nerves are damaged, physical examination may reveal that the anal finger reflex and cavernous body muscle reflex are weakened or absent, and the reflex penis erection is weakened or absent. Differential diagnosis can also be made through neuroelectrophysiological testing.

3. Arterial erectile dysfunction

It refers to erectile dysfunction caused by pathology or abnormality of the penile artery. The application of pharmacodynamic penile duplex ultrasonography (PPDU) can understand the diameter of the cavernous artery, the maximum flow velocity during contraction, and the blood flow acceleration.

The above content introduces us to the common symptoms of impotence. We should make an accurate judgment about our own body based on the above content. This problem must require us to pay special attention, otherwise it will bring great harm to our physical health and affect our ability to reproduce offspring.