What if the husband is impotent: how to overcome impotence?

Erectile dysfunction is a problem not only men. For women, this issue is not from some dinky — she wants to help her husband in this disaster. So what if husband is impotent? First you need to gently bring her husband to the idea to see a doctor. After all, impotence is the same disease as any other, only intimate.

According to statistics, only one in ten men addressed the problem to the specialist, although 90 % of the cases, erection can be restored. The others are hard to tolerate this blow to the ego, believe that the chances of recovery there and continue to live with this heavy burden, believing themselves powerless in the genital area.

Reasons for the occurrence of erectile dysfunction are many, among them physiological, and psychological. Only a qualified specialist will help to understand the issue – why do men become impotent, and suggests ways to eliminate the problem and its consequences.

Physiological conditions

A large part of the causes of impotence in men physiological. They in some way affect the erection. First, your husband begins to notice a deterioration in the quality of erection during sexual intercourse, then the absence of spontaneous erections night and morning, and then the erection disappears. So what are the reasons can cause impotence?

Bad habits

How not to sound corny, but Smoking, abuse of alcohol adversely affect potency. First it's not noticeable, but over time, the erection quality is getting worse, and now your husband is impotent. Spirits act on men's erection on three sides. First, alcohol kills cells in the testicles, and secondly, reduces the number of healthy sperm and, thirdly, leads to disruption of the relationship between brain and genitals. The silent and invisible enemy for male potency is beer. Yes, that's it, your husband will be very upset with this. Yes it is hard man to understand that he was impotent due to drink. But how else? Because the beer contains many female hormones, which affects the male genital area.

All know but prefer to forget that Smoking is a poison and continue to live, not parting with this bad habit. Why nicotine becomes a cause of impotence? Because its impact affects all organ systems, reproductive system is no exception. Nicotine breaks the blood circulation to the penis and negatively affects the production of sperm. Therefore, nicotine is the first "assistant" willing to become powerless in the sexual sphere. Speech about drugs in General can not be.

Drugs and the potency of things are not compatible. Drugs inhibit production of sex hormones, inhibitreflexes and have a negative effect on sexual centers. The man in this case must make a choice – either sex or drugs..

Long-term use of drugs erection is not restored, and if your man becomes addicted to drugs and is not going to abandon them, then be prepared for the fact that your husband is impotent forever. In this case, men have to blame their disease and while he didn't get rid of bad habits, the problem will only get worse.

Hormonal disorders

One of the reasons that your husband is impotent, can become hormonal disorders. These include:

1. The decrease in testosterone levels and luteinizing hormone;
2. The increased level of the hormone prolactin in the blood;
3. The decrease in functioning of the adrenal glands;
4. Malfunctions of the thyroid gland — a disturbance in the development of its hormones (which include both increase and decrease in the content of hormones in the blood);
5. The syndrome Itsenko-Kushinga — increased production of cortisone and adrenocorticotropic hormone;
6. Diabetes.

Impotence in diabetes is one of the complications of this disease. Studies have proven that men suffering from this disease, violation erectile dysfunction occurs twice as often than in patients with normal figure of blood sugar. Oddly enough, but half of the men turned to the doctor complaining of potency was discovered diabetes. And maybe that is the case? Try to persuade your husband to see a specialist, and if your husband still discovered diabetes, don't panic. Diabetes is not a death sentence, but a way of life. With the right approach to diet and treating your husband within a short period of time may become such as they were, and you continue to live a full life.

Diseases of the cardiovascular system

These diseases lead to the restriction of blood flow in various organs and systems, including the restriction of blood flow to the penis. Also such factors may include a condition where the veins in the penis cannot prevent blood outflow during erection, and then its maintenance becomes impossible. This phenomenon is called venous leakage. In andrology and urology, there is also such a thing — "stuttering impotence". For this pathology the periods of erectile dysfunction interspersed with periods of normal sexual activity. Stuttering impotence is the first sign of disease, it is caused by multiple sclerosis vessels. Unfortunately, diseases of the cardiovascular system in almost half of cases are the reason that your man has becomeimpotent.

Drugs

It is no secret that some drugs can cause erectile dysfunction, and should just finish the course of treatment, as all will be restored again.

What drugs can cause impotence in men?

1. Antihypertensive drugs. The medications taken by your husband for the treatment of hypertension, it can cause temporary impotence.
2. Antipsychotic medicines. These drugs are used to treat severe disorders of the Central nervous system, such as schizophrenia.
3. Tranquilizers and antidepressants. These medicines due to its ability to slow down metabolic processes in the body, it can cause impotence in men. If the tranquilizers and the antidepressants were the cause of the disease, you should inform the doctor who ordered them. In this case, the doctor will review the treatment plan and recommend medications.

Neurological diseases

1. Autonomic neuropathy. Impotence often develops in diseases such as alcoholic polyneuropathy, primary amyloidosis, syndrome Shay-Drager and others.
2. Multiple sclerosis is a multifocal disease that may affect parts of the nervous system responsible for the work of the various bodies, including intimate areas.
3. A spinal cord injury. In such cases, the development of impotence understandable, and if in cases of injuries of the vertebral column in cervical and thoracic erection may recover, if the damage of the lumbosacral erection to restore is quite difficult.
4. Diseases of the brain. Impotence most often occurs in tumors and injuries to the temporal lobe of the brain.

Hardening of the cavernous tissue of the penis (cavernous fibrosis or)

This connective tissue formation in the penis, which replaces the normal tissue of the cavernous body. The cause of the disease can be injuries to the penis, multiple injections into the penis, priapism and Peyronie's disease. Also cavernous fibrosis can lead to frequent and prolonged sexual intercourse — when your husband is holding back the ejaculation, and sexual intercourse lasts for several hours. Unfortunately, this diagnosis has the worst prognosis for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in this case can only help the penile prosthesis.

Psychogenic impotence

One of the causes of impotence may be psychological erectile dysfunction. It can occur in perfectly healthy men. The most common form of psychogenic impotence is the syndrome of expectations of failure. One bad case in sexual practicesyour husband can lead to such tragic consequences.

In man fear, which is amplified directly before intercourse and leads to loss of erection. And the more young people fear, the more likely it is that an erection will not appear. The man begins to convince himself that he became impotent. This gradually leads to the fact that over time, there are real problems and develops psychogenic erectile dysfunction. The behavior of men changes. He's trying to change the sexual partner, watching his reaction to her behavior, nervous. And the fear persists, and erection disappears. It's a vicious circle, the man continues to make mistakes, instead of having to see a specialist.

Psychogenic impotence to cope can only competent the therapist is to persuade the man to visit such a specialist is difficult enough, but the wife can gradually bring the husband to the idea to go to the doctor myself.

Isolated cases

Male erection is uncontrollable process. The male erection can be affected by many factors, and if once you failed — it does not mean that your man is impotent. The trouble can happen after a hard day, nervous tension, overeating, or after taking large doses of alcohol. Even banal ORZ can cause misfires.
And if this happens, try to understand her husband and does not draw attention to the bad, better distract him with something else, for example, make a relaxing massage. Unpleasant situation will disappear, and your husband will feel much better.

In any case, don't panic and take the pills of unknown origin that supposedly correct the situation, you should contact the specialist for advice. He will answer all your questions — why, why, and what to do. Do not self-medicate — this can cause degradation, then the doctor will be even harder to help you, and your husband is not receiving skilled care, can really become impotent.