Patient's question:
Recently, I've had some urinary tract infection. After a thorough examination at the hospital, it was confirmed that I have a urinary tract infection. However, I feel very embarrassed recently because I often feel weak and unable to perform well during sexual activity with my girlfriend, which makes me extremely ashamed. What kind of help I need: Does a urinary tract infection cause difficulty in getting erect?Doctor's answer:
Erectile dysfunction refers to a man's inability to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual intercourse, or the inability to complete normal sexual activity, or the inability to insert the penis into the vagina for sexual intercourse.Suggestions:
Causes: Psychological factors, neurological, endocrine, and inflammatory conditions of urinary and reproductive organs, insufficient blood supply to pelvic sexual organs.
Recommended treatments:
1. Completely eliminate psychological factors.
2. Reduce sexual activity.
3. Adjust diet.
4. Improve physical fitness.
5. Use medications cautiously.
6. Psychological, non-hormonal, endocrine, and vascular-related premature ejaculation treatment methods, such as negative pressure vacuum devices for weak erections, and penile implant surgery.