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Impotence in Men and Women - How to Get your Sexual
Health Back Both men and women
are concerned about impotence and the affect it will have on their sex lives.
Talking to your medical health care professional will help alleviate some of
those fears, as well as present ideas for treatment. Impotence and loss of your
sex drive is very common in men and women as they age. The loss of your sex
drive can happen for many reasons including getting older. Stress plays an
important role in our sexual health. There may be times when you are ready and
want to have sex, while your partner is at the other end of the libido scale.
This would then be a time for communication to find out how you both can
receive pleasure when you are ready as well as help your partner in ways other
than sexual intercourse. Impotence is more
common in men older than 65, however, it can occur at any age. The majority of
men experience erectile dysfunction at least one time in their lives and this
is very normal. It is also normal as men age, that they will experience changes
in the erectile function just as they experience changes with the rest of their
body. Their orgasms may not be as powerful as they once were and the time it
takes to achieve erection in between orgasms will become longer. There are a couple
of signs and/or symptoms of impotence. These signs include the inability to
have a full erection, inability to maintain an erection during intercourse, and
the complete inability to achieve an erection regardless of the attempts made. The way a penis
maintains an erection is primarily the way it is made. The penis has two
cylindrical structures that look kind of like sponges. These cylindrical shapes
run along the length of the penis. When arousal takes, place blood begins to
flow into the cylinders, which then increase up to seven times their normal
size. Just as a sponge when you get it wet it expands, the same happens with
the penis. When blood flows in to the penis, an erection is formed. The longer
the arousal the harder and stiffer the penis becomes. Once ejaculation has
occurred the blood flow retreats and the penis goes back to its normal size and
shape. The first step that
needs to happen for a man to have an erection is he needs be aroused. Men can
become aroused through touch, taste, smell, auditory, and through vision. Then
there will be a response in his nervous system. When the brain responds
favorably to a certain sense, this activates blood flow in to the penis. When
this starts, there is a relaxing of the blood vessels within the penis, which
allow more blood flow to enter. This produces a harder erection. The downside
to this is the delicate balance of all these factors that create an erection.
If one area is disharmonious, the man can experience erectile dysfunction. There are several
nonphysical causes of impotence, among them are: ·
Psychological
problems ·
Stress – this
could be from work, or family, or both ·
Anxiety –
about finances, children, or life in general
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