Erectile dysfunction diagnostics

Everyone knows that sexual potential depends on the age of the man. Of course, the sexual potential at the age of 60 is less than at 25. But if your life style is healthy you might not feel this difference. For many men erectile dysfunction means the end of the sexual life. But it’s not right way to avoid sexual pleasure. Some cases of erectile dysfunction are so easy to treat. Other cases can lead to more serious problems. So it’s strongly recommended to visit a doctor for erectile dysfunction diagnostics. It can help to know the reasons of erectile dysfunction and to treat it. The examination of the patient begins from specification his complaints, accurate poll and detection the illness he has. Such illness might be kidney problems, heart disease, liver disease, mental or mood problems, breathing problems, lung disease and others. One of the main things in erectile dysfunction diagnostics is visual inspection. The conversation with the sex partner is also useful. When diagnostician made is the time for finding out answer for the question: why did it happen? During the erectile dysfunction diagnostics the doctor finds out if the reason of erectile dysfunction is psychological or organic. Nowadays it is the most difficult thing in diagnostics. The most useful way to know it is to determine the night erection. If the reason is psychological the patient goes to psychologist or sexologist to solve this problem. If the reason of erectile dysfunction is organic there are some useful methods of accurate diagnostics:

  1. measuring blood pressure in the penis and comparison with the pressure in shoulder artery;
  2. gathering the information about blood supply with a help of electrical resistance measurement in different parts of the penis arteries;
  3. US of the penis;
  4. radioisotopic scanning of the penis;
  5. x-ray inspection of venous blood in the penis.

There are a lot of others diagnostic methods. You shouldn’t try to treat erectile dysfunction by yourself. It’s unsafe and useless. So you need to be tested by qualified specialists (urologist, andrologist and sexologist). It’s very important to know the reasons of erectile dysfunction, because it might be the sign of more serious illness. You need to care of your health to live long and full life.