There are three major physical reasons men experience ED:

  • They get older
  • They get sick or are injured
  • They don’t take care of themselves

Getting older means experiencing the “normal changes of aging. For most men, this goes beyond the cosmetic changes of greying hair, loss of muscle and nerve tone, decreasing strength, and lower stamina.

It also means a decrease in hormones, similar to what women experience during menopause. For men, fewer hormones means  both

  • needing more physical stimulation needed to achieve an erection, and
  • taking longer before being able to ejaculate again

At the same time, muscle and nerve tone, needed for healthy erections, starts to wane.

Being sick or injured can trigger ED, especially if there is nerve damage, or direct involvement of blood vessels or genital tissue.

Prostate cancer is one of the biggest fears, and with good reason. Just about any prostate surgery can damage blood vessels, nerves, and tissues in the genitals. Many men find they have traded less or no cancer for a loss of their erectile ability. Often, these men turn to implants to allow them to continue having intercourse. Others will learn new love’n techniques and skills to ensure their satisfaction and that of their sweethearts.

Men who have been injured in the area of their lower body, or directly to their genitals typically have some difficulties with having erections. Just think of how many military casualties are coming home from the mideast these days with severe injuries to their lower bodies, and groin area. For these young men, and older men too, who have been injured, the answer may well be finding ways to make love without all of the equipment, or working equipment, they used to have. While it is a challenge, many injured men learn new ways of satisfaction for both their mates and themselves that don’t involve having an erection.

The most common diseases today that interfere with erectile ability are primarily lifestyle diseases:

Type 2 Diabetes, from poor eating habits and obesity (the number one health epidemic in the United States today), and it’s partner in crime, Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.

These two are erection killers, interfering with the blood vessels and nerves in your penis needed to achieve and sustain an erection sufficient for intercourse.

Add in a little hypertension, high blood pressure, and you have the triple threat. Again, the nerves in your veins and arteries can’t do their job…and your erection is “insufficient.”

It’s real hard for most men to acknowledge their part in their own erectile demise. It is just too tough to admit that you’ve done yourself in. But, the results are the same…most erectile problems are the result of poor lifestyle choices and unhealthy daily habits.

The bad news? Some of the damage may be permanent.

The good news, some of it doesn’t have to be…and often can be turned around if caught early enough.

Even if it can’t be turned around totally, changing your habits of daily living can make a huge difference, very quickly.

Eat a more healthy diet and start moving more. Even little changes help.

The other challenge is the medications for many health conditions, including high blood pressure, many heart conditions, even depression and anxiety, often interfere with men’s ability to have an erection, and with desire, drive, libido, in both men and women. It is a difficult challenge…finding the very drugs that can make you better are sabotaging your love life.

The best antidote to all this is not another pill. If you believe the ads on tv from the pharmaceutical companies, they are safe and will magically fix your problems.

Not so. Many of the conditions that cause ED are the same ones listed on the “don’t take this medication if you have any of these” list.

Remember too, as difficult as ED is to deal with, most couples find medical problems or injuries are not the reason they are struggling with ED.

Their satisfying senior sex has been done in by difficulties in their relationship, trying to use old patterns of love’n that work just for kids,  or everyday lifestyle choices…you know too much of the wrong foods in their diet, too much tobacco or alcohol, no exercise, overweight, stress, and difficulties sleeping.

Fortunately, all those don’t need another pill as the remedy…but cleaning up your daily habits and learning some new love’n skills.

The rewards: better love’n, a healthier, longer life, and more satisfaction with your intimate relations.

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