Patient's question:
Doctor, I would like to know what is meant by erectile dysfunction?Doctor's answer:
1, Smoking. The prevalence rates of complete erectile dysfunction among cardiac patients who smoke and those who do not smoke are 56% and 21%, respectively; among hypertensive patients who smoke and those who do not smoke, the prevalence rates are 20% and 8.5%, respectively.2, Alcohol. There is a saying that alcohol "increases libido but decreases sexual performance." Studies abroad have shown that the prevalence rates of erectile dysfunction among alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver patients are 70% and 25%, respectively. Moreover, half of them fail to recover erectile function even after abstaining from alcohol for many years.
3, Drugs. Research indicates that the prevalence rate of erectile dysfunction among heroin users is 32.2%. Additionally, any trauma or surgery that damages the nerve innervation and blood supply of the penis, such as spinal cord injury, pelvic fracture with urethral trauma, abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, aortic reconstruction, and pelvic radiation for prostate cancer, can easily lead to erectile dysfunction.