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Communicating With Your Partner
One of the most difficult aspects of erectile dysfunction is not the condition itself. Discussing it with one's partner can be equally troublesome. Though changes in attitude have occurred over the years, it is still difficult for a man to 'confess' to impotence. The impact to his self-esteem is often real and substantial, even in cases when he knows the cause is purely organic and outside his control.
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Coping With Erectile Dysfunction
Most medical conditions cause more physical pain than erectile dysfunction. But ED may be as psychologically difficult as any. Coping with serious medical issues is never easy.
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Counseling, More Than Just Talking
Estimates vary, but many studies conclude that approximately 60% of cases of erectile dysfunction are due to organic causes. Atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries that restricts blood flow, nerve damage from diabetes, Parkinson's and other diseases are common culprits. As such, drugs or surgery are more common treatments.
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Diagnosis of Erectile Dysfunction
In one sense, it isn't necessary to diagnose erectile dysfunction at all. As a symptom of an underlying condition, it presents itself with tragic obviousness. As such, it's the underlying cause that is diagnosed, not ED. In other circumstances, it often is unnecessary to diagnose the fundamental cause of the impotence, since most treatments will be the same in any case.
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Erectile Dysfunction, No Longer Impotence
Technically, there's little difference between impotence and erectile dysfunction. The former word has largely been abandoned, more as a result of the belief that changing a word can change attitudes than because of any medical difference. Still, 'impotence' may refer, in some contexts, to a more short-lived inability to achieve or sustain erection.
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Erectile Dysfunction - Prospects for Improvement
Prior to the 1990s, the treatments for erectile dysfunction were fewer and far less effective, with generally greater side effects. Advances in pharmacology, along with improved surgical materials and techniques, have greatly expanded and enhanced the options available.
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A penile implant or prosthetic is a device used to help patients achieve and sustain erection, in order to have more satisfying sexual encounters. For those who, for various reasons, find that drug treatments are not for them, they represent a safe, effective option for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
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Side Effects of Erectile Dysfunction Treatments
The study of side effects is itself an entire branch of science. Side effects are usually associated with drugs, which comprises a substantial portion of the science. But they can occur with any treatment, including surgery and even psychotherapy. Anything which produces a secondary, generally undesired effect can be labeled a side effect.
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Some Physical Causes of Erectile Dysfunction
One of the difficulties in diagnosing and treating erectile dysfunction is the wide range of possible underlying causes. Some are transitory, like occasional excess alcohol use, in which case the impotence isn't generally labeled ED. In many cases, though, it's the result of long term diseases, like diabetes or Parkinson's.
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Some Psychological Causes of Erectile Dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction frequently has psychological causes. One difficulty in determining this is the delicate interplay between physical and mental factors in the treatment of any condition, including ED.
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Symptoms of Erectile Dysfunction
It's somewhat misleading to talk of the symptoms of erectile dysfunction (ED), since the condition itself is really a symptom. In medical parlance a symptom is any condition which indicates the presence of something else. It is an effect of some cause. But in ED, the symptom is itself the 'something else'.
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Treatments for erectile dysfunction cover a wide range of options. Drugs, surgery, prosthetics and more are available. Which is right for a given individual can only be determined by a careful professional diagnosis.
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The three most popular drugs on the market for the treatment of erectile dysfunction are Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. All are similar in function, but there are differences apart from simply coming from different manufacturers.
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Erectile Dysfunction (ED), once known simply as impotence, is the inability to achieve or sustain penile erection. But that definition partially obscures that fact that ED comes in different types and degrees.
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Female Infertility And The Female Organs
Infertility related to tubal blockage and pelvic adhesions is on the rise. An increase in sexually transmissible infections, widespread use of intrauterine contraceptive devices and the increase in elective abortions are all thought to play a role. The infections include gonorrhea and Chlamydia. Women with intrauterine contraceptive devices may have chronic low-grade infections and some may develop an acute severe infection or a pelvic abscess. Though severe pelvic infection was more common before abortions were legal, a mild infection is not unheard of after an elective abortion today. A ruptured appendix may also cause pelvic infection and scarring of the fallopian tubes. Pelvic adhesions may occur after surgery to remove ovarian cysts, fibroids and tubal pregnancies or after any other lower abdominal or pelvic surgery.
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In the procedure called In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), a woman's egg is removed surgically from one of her ovaries and fertilized in a glass dish ("test tube"). This fertilized egg is later placed back in her uterus. This method was originally designed for women who have an obstruction of both fallopian tubes but have at least one normally functioning and surgically accessible ovary or in some other situations that cannot be corrected. These conditions exist in about five to ten percent of infertile women.
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Measurement of hormone levels not related to blood or urine may also yield information about infertility. For example, certain conditions that are associated with abnormally high male hormones such as testosterone or cortisonelike hormones can cause infertility. Also follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) are two messenger hormones that play essential roles in the delicate ovulation mechanism.
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Women Infertility - Fertility Tests for Women
The first step that needs to be taken in regards to tests for women is make sure that ovulation is occurring every month. If it is not then this could explain the problem. There is more than one way to find this out. A woman can check her ovulation at home by using a basal body temperature to make note of any changes that occur in her morning body temperature over a period of several months. Another option is to record the texture of the cervical mucus she has over a period of many months. There are also home ovulation test kits that can be purchased at grocery stores or pharmacies.
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Acupuncture's Role for Couples Unable to Get Pregnant
Child bearing is a wondrous thing. Unfortunately, some couples suffer through problems getting pregnant. Acupuncture may offer a possible solution.
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Getting Pregnant - Improving Your Odds
For countless women, becoming pregnant is relatively easy. For others, it can be far more complicated. Many women feel helpless if they do not conceive quickly, and they begin to think there may be a serious fertility problem. There are many things women can do to increase their fertility levels and therefore, improve their chances of having a baby.
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Can Acupuncture Solve Infertility Problems?
Infertility acupuncture may have started out as a ripple but in recent times, it is gathering wave-like momentum as an alternative treatment for infertility. But is it a sound and reliable treatment?
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Acupuncture for Infertility - Will It Work for You?
Acupuncture for infertility promises miraculous cure even where modern scientific methods fail to work. Being a Chinese remedy, Acupuncture might conjure a feeling of dark rooms, hushed voices and incessant pains for pricking of needles. But it is not the case when you go to treat your infertility syndrome with acupuncture. It, on the other hand, promises complete relaxation and instant cure from infertility.
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Tips on How to Solve Fertility Problems
Having children is the gift that most couples want to have. Unfortunately, there are couples who have been trying for years and yet wasn’t able to conceive due to fertility problems. But the good news is that there are couples who have battled and succeeded on this problem. How many success stories have you read saying, they never thought they could have children but they did? The fact is, fertility problems have solutions and you just have to know how to solve fertility problems.
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Common Information About Infertility
Infertility is typically described as one year of repeated intercourse without contraception that does not result in pregnancy. Numerous studies have shown that from sixty-five to ninety percent of all couples who conceive suddenly will do so within the first year of attempting and ninety to ninety-five percent will attain pregnancy within the first two years. However, fertility and infertility are not always absolutes. "Reduced fertility" would be a improved phrase than infertility in those situations where pregnancy is likely but takes longer than two years to achieve. About forty percent of "infertile" couples conceive in seven years, including those couples who are deemed treatment "failures".
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Tips for Getting Infertility Health Insurance
Health insurance for infertility treatment can be a complicated – and touchy – subject. It affects a lot of people – approximately 6 million women experience the pain of infertility each year in the United States. The health insurance laws in the state you live in may have a lot do with the extent of your coverage; for example whether your employer is required to provide infertility insurance or not.
