ED: Cutting the myths out for a better explanation

ED or erectile dysfunction is one affair that doesn’t leave too many grounds to be discussed and the myths on masculinity are perhaps the biggest reasons behind. None wants being marked a lesser man and this is the biggest mistake people commit. But just like a simple cold may grow to something as complex as chronic pulmonary disorders over time if left untreated, erectile dysfunction – the initial symptom of an underlying greater cause – may develop into more complex disorders like azoospermia and permanent impotency. So one needs to understand first that ED is – at its basic level – the body’s response to low energy and/or hormonal levels or problems with vasodilatation, which again may have numerous causes behind and just popping pills (chiefly, the aphrodisiacs) may worsen the situation (aneurysm, for example) rather than showing any significant cure.

ED is as psychological as the physical disorders abovementioned; it is the failure-related psychological setbacks that often turn people fearful of future inabilities to get and maintain an erection. Whether you have noticed it or not, being tensed disrupts our normal breathing cycles. Instead of long and deep breaths, it’s the short bursts that take over, resulting in only a partially operating circulatory system with less power to force blood to the terminal body regions. However, to understand that fully, you must know the components that make the penis and the mechanism of erection.

The human penis houses three columns of tissue; two are corpora cavernosa placed dorsally and next to each other and the corpus spongiosum placed ventrally between the other two. The corpus cavernosum is a pair of spongy regions comprised of erectile tissue and traps most of the blood for initiating an erection. The corpus spongiosum is also a cluster of expandable erectile tissues positioned along the penile length and functions the way the other two does. That leaves little to imagination; these tissues have a rich collection of blood vessels which fill up during an erection. The outward pressure is what that makes an organ stand; unless the pressure is sufficient, an erection is going to stay a far-off story.

Now, to the second part that involves a nitric oxide release to relax the corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum muscles, followed by the filling of the spongy tissue with blood. If there is no or little release of NO, muscle relaxation is inhibited and erectile dysfunction is noted as much as when it is induced by high deposits of LDL inside the arterial walls. The LDL (a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount of cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis) prevents sufficient amount of blood from flowing into the spongy tissues; hence, find out first what’s stopping the muscles from relaxing and sufficient quantities of blood from flowing in and treat the cause, your problems with ED will disappear faster than a premature ejaculation.

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