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Underlying conditions list:
The list of possible underlying conditions
mentioned in various sources
for Impotence includes:
Impotence as a complication:
Other conditions that might have
Impotence as a complication
might be potential underlying conditions.
The list of conditions listing
Impotence as a complication
includes:
Impotence Causes: Book Excerpts
Impotence as a symptom:
Conditions listing Impotence
as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.
For a more detailed analysis of Impotence as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Impotence.
Discussion of underlying conditions of Impotence:
Impotence: NIDDK (Excerpt)
Since an erection requires a sequence of events,
impotence can occur when any of the events is disrupted. The sequence
includes nerve impulses in the brain, spinal column, and area of the
penis, and response in muscles, fibrous tissues, veins, and arteries in
and near the corpora cavernosa.
Damage to arteries, smooth muscles, and fibrous tissues, often as a
result of disease, is the most common cause of impotence.
Diseases--including diabetes, kidney disease, chronic alcoholism, multiple
sclerosis, atherosclerosis, and vascular disease--account for about 70
percent of cases of impotence. Between 35 and 50 percent of men with
diabetes experience impotence.
Surgery (for example, prostate surgery) can injure nerves and arteries
near the penis, causing impotence. Injury to the penis, spinal cord,
prostate, bladder, and pelvis can lead to impotence by harming nerves,
smooth muscles, arteries, and fibrous tissues of the corpora
cavernosa.
Also, many common medicines produce impotence as a side effect. These
include high blood pressure drugs, antihistamines, antidepressants,
tranquilizers, appetite suppressants, and cimetidine (an ulcer drug).
Experts believe that psychological factors cause 10 to 20 percent of
cases of impotence. These factors include stress, anxiety, guilt,
depression, low self-esteem, and fear of sexual failure. Such factors are
broadly associated with more than 80 percent of cases of impotence,
usually as secondary reactions to underlying physical causes.
Other possible causes of impotence are smoking, which affects blood
flow in veins and arteries, and hormonal abnormalities, such as
insufficient testosterone.
(Source: excerpt from Impotence: NIDDK)
Keep your nervous system healthy: NIDDK (Excerpt)
Autonomic nerves go to the penis. Damage to these nerves can
prevent a man's penis from getting firm when he wants to have sex. This
condition is called impotence (IM-po-tents). Many men who have had
diabetes for many years experience impotence.
(Source: excerpt from Keep your nervous system healthy: NIDDK)
Sexuality Later in Life - Age Page - Health Information: NIA (Excerpt)
Sexuality is often a delicate balance of emotional and physical
issues. How we feel may affect what we are able to do. For example,
men may fear impotence will become a more frequent problem as they
age. But, if you are too worried about impotence, you can create
enough stress to cause it. As a woman ages, she may become more
anxious about her appearance. This emphasis on youthful physical
beauty can interfere with a woman’s ability to enjoy sex.
(Source: excerpt from Sexuality Later in Life - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)
About underlying conditions:
With a diagnosis of Impotence,
it is important to consider
whether there is an underlying condition causing Impotence.
These are other medical conditions that may possibly
cause Impotence.
For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis
or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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