Causes of Erectile Dysfunction

age
The vast majority of organic origin
The causes of erectile dysfunction are varied. It was believed until early 1980 that the vast majority of erectile disorder is mentally conditioned, was able to prove it with newer diagnostic methods, that 50 percent of erectile dysfunction are purely organic in origin. In up to 20 percent of a psychological cause is probable, while about 30 percent of a mixed form (numbers supported by NIH Consensus Panel JAMA 1993, Benet et al. 1995) This means that is involved in a total of about 80 percent of those affected an organic cause .


Organic causes take significantly with age
Could also be established that age plays a significant role in the causes of erectile dysfunction. In the under 35-year-old is found in up to 70 percent of cases, a psychological cause, in the over 50-year-old on the other hand, the organic causes are already at 85 percent. Probably plays in age-related causes of erectile tissue is less sensitive to stimuli, a role that normally trigger an erection. Thus, both nerve stimulation, as well as hormonal and chemical stimuli meant. For example, testosterone production decreases with age, which is also illustrated in the "male menopause". The erectile tissue of the changes with age just as the flow properties of blood.

A further reason for the age-related increase is the increased incidence of diseases, promote erectile dysfunction. These include cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension, elevated blood lipids and diabetes.