What you can do while suffering from ED?

Accept Your Situation: Most men are too proud or embarrassed to accept the fact that they have ED, and in turn their sexual relationships greatly suffer. Accept it. Treat it. Be happy.

Discuss The Problem With Your Partner: Yes. There is the old adage that a “problem shared is a problem halved” and this is certainly true in the case of erectile dysfunction. Sometimes partners, unintentionally, put a lot of pressure on men to “perform”. If the man has difficulty with his erections this pressure can cause erectile dysfunction. Discussing the problem with your partner may relieve this pressure and restore normal erectile function.

Do Not Panic: It doesn’t mean that you will not ever have sex again, nor does it mean that you will forever be labeled as someone who can’t hold an erection. Most women do understand that it can and will happen to a man at some point in their life, and if you panic you will only make the situation worse.

Speak With Your Doctor: Erectile dysfunction may be caused by many reasons, most of which can be because of stressors with your job, being unable to relax, or perhaps you are just going through a hard time in your life.

A Penis Enhancement Pill Is One Alternative For You: These pills work to give you a hard erection and better control over the erection that you will have.

Quit Smoking: There is a chemical in our bodies called nitric oxide which works by relaxing the stuff that helps blood flow into your penis, allowing you to get an erection. With low levels of this chemical present in your penis, it is often quite difficult to get an erection.

Sexual Therapy: The psychological factor is perhaps the most important factor in male sexual dysfunction. After experiencing one or more failures, some psychological issues may crop up that prevent a man from ever getting an erection again. This is what we call psychological impotence, a kind of mental-sexual funk men can get in if they become accustomed to sexual failure.

Some Lifestyle Changes: These include quitting smoking, reducing alcohol intake and trying to reduce stress and anxiety. If such changes do not solve the problem, then the man should seek medical advice.

TREATMENTS AVAILABLE FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

• Couple’s Sex Therapy: When psychological factors or difficulties in the man’s relationship with his partner are considered an important cause for erectile dysfunction, a course of sex or couple’s therapy might be recommended.
• Vacuum Constriction Devices: Several different designs of constriction devices are available. Essentially the device consists of a plastic cylinder connected to a pump, which may be either hand or battery driven, and one or more tension rings.
• Intracavernosal Injection Therapy: This is a highly effective form of treatment. The patient (or his partner) is taught to inject a drug directly into the shaft of the penis when he wants an erection. Erection usually follows within fifteen minutes of the injection.
• Transurethral Therapy: This is an effective needle-free form of treatment. A small pellet of drug is introduced into the urethra (the tube through which urine is passed) using a special disposable applicator.
• Oral Treatments: There are currently two oral drugs licensed for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. One is a tablet taken one hour before sexual activity, the other is a tablet taken sublingually (under the tongue) twenty minutes before sexual activity. Both drugs are effective and do not cause an erection unless the man is sexually stimulated.
• Hormone Treatment: Only a small proportion of cases of erectile dysfunction are caused by hormone abnormalities. The most frequent hormone abnormality is a reduced level of testosterone (male sex hormone) which can be restored by appropriate testosterone replacement.
• Penile Prosthesis: Essentially these are splints which are inserted surgically in to the penis. There are two main types: semi-rigid rods which maintain the penis in a state of rigidity all the time but which allow the penis to be bent downwards out of the way when not required.For more information read post on Penile prosthesis
• Surgical Treatments: A few cases of erectile dysfunction that are caused by abnormalities in blood-flow into and out of the penis can be treated by surgery.
• Private or NHS: Both NHS and Private clinic services can provide appropriate medical treatment. NHS services may sometimes be limited while some private clinics may offer a service but this may be at a relatively high price