Erectile Dysfunction Treatment Options
At Beyond Human, we provide erectile dysfunction treatment options for Parker and Aurora, CO, patients. Erectile dysfunction, or ED, can be a demoralizing and emotionally difficult issue for men and their partners. With targeted treatment, this problem can be effectively resolved, restoring patients’ healthy sex lives.
Understanding the Causes
To properly treat your erectile dysfunction, it’s important for your doctor to first understand its causes. During a consultation at Beyond Human, your doctor will perform a physical evaluation and ask you a series of questions to determine the causes of your ED. Your health history and sexual history will be discussed. The doctor may also order blood tests, testosterone tests, and other tests.
Using this information, they will design a detailed and comprehensive treatment plan. If there are multiple potential causes, the plan will take all of these causes into account. This plan may include a number of treatment modalities, including lifestyle changes, medication changes, therapeutic methods for emotional health, and testosterone replacement therapy.
Undergoing Testosterone Replacement Therapy
When the cause of your erectile dysfunction a low libido due to low testosterone, testosterone replacement therapy can help. This treatment option supplements the body’s natural testosterone, helping optimize the patient’s hormone-level balance. Typically, this modality shows effects within around four weeks, though it varies from patient to patient.
Treating Emotional Issues
Emotional issues can result in erectile dysfunction. These can include stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or depression. These issues can be caused by work life, social life, or even difficulties in the relationship like ED itself.
Options for treatment of emotional issues can include talk therapy, couples counseling, or a sex therapist. They may also include certain medications to treat anxiety and depression, yoga, meditation, and finding ways to reduce stressors in your work life, social life, or relationship.
Losing Weight
For those who are obese or overweight, losing weight has been seen to be a very effective way to treat ED. Obesity can result in lower testosterone, trigger emotional issues like depression, cause sleep apnea, and increase the risk of diabetes and vascular disease.
Adopting a cardiovascular exercise regimen can aid in weight reduction and boost flow flow, reducing ED. This exercise regimen can include exercises like jogging, bicycling, walking, jumping rope, and/or swimming. Exercising at least three times per week for 45 minutes may be recommended.
Changing your diet will likely also be recommended for weight loss. Foods that contain a lot of salt, fat, and cholesterol can keep a person’s weight high, along with their cholesterol and blood-pressure levels. Switching to a more nutritious and healthy reduced-fat/salt/cholesterol diet is a common strategy for ED treatment.
Improving Heart and Vascular Health
Proper blood blow is required to achieve and maintain erections. Because of this, heart and vascular health issues are a major cause of ED. If these issues are causing your erectile dysfunction, managing them effectively is vital for effective treatment.
Reducing alcohol intake can help, as can avoiding recreational drug use. Quitting smoking will likely be recommended, since smoking causes damage to the blood vessels and makes them constrict. As a result, the blood supply to the penis is reduced. Quitting smoking allows the vascular system to heal.
Changing Medications
If any of the medications you’re currently taking are causing ED as a side effect, it may be possible to change to a different option. Your doctor may be able to recommend a gradual and safe change to a medication that does not cause that particular side effect.
Trying ED Medications
Oral medications are available to enhance the blood flow to the penile tissues, making it possible to achieve erections. These include Viagra, Cialis, Levitra, and Stendra. These medications take effect within an hour’s time.
Improving Your Sleep Schedule
Certain cases of erectile dysfunction can be related to sleep issues like an irregular schedule, sleep apnea, and insomnia. This is because during sleep, the body regulates hormones, and muscle and mind relaxation take place. Sleep issues can result in hormonal imbalances, psychological problems, and more.
Patients who effectively manage their sleep apnea and have a healthy sleep schedule may improve their ED. Using a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine and reducing your weight can both help address sleep apnea.
Learn More About Treatment Options
The best way to find out more about erectile dysfunction treatment options is for Parker and Aurora, CO, patients to set up a private consultation. Contact us to arrange a meeting with an experienced medical professional at Beyond Human.