Erectile dysfunction and diabetes

Approximately 35 to 75 per cent of the men with diabetes mellitus suffer from erection disturbances. Approximately the half develops for Ed within the first ten years of the illness. The erection disturbance is the first symptom for a diabetes mellitus at about 12 per cent of the persons affected.

The impotence is one of the dreaded "side effects" at diabetes illness. Even the erectile dysfunction (impotence) is often the first symptom of a diabetes illness. For years, unfortunately, the illness often isn't treated unrecognizedly out of false sense of shame. The well till very well adjusted diabetes is an absolute prerequisite around the "side effect" to treat impotence.

With the diabetic several causes are usually available for the erectile dysfunction. There are parallelly often vessel and nerve damages and one a psychic load often pretends to be additional this one still further makes the impotence worse. Diabetics have in addition the problem that these must in addition worsen the erectile dysfunction several different medicines be taken. These circulation from diabetes therapy, psychogenic factors and vessel and nerve damages frequently puts the treating physician in front of a difficult therapeutic problem.

Most important therapeutic measures are:

1. optimal blood sugar control
2. do without alcohol and nicotine
3. Check of the potency endangering medicines
4. Sexual advice
5. Medical treatment by tablets
6. Skat therapy


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