April 26th, 2010 by admin

For the vast majority of men the notion of masculine power is directly related to how well they can perform in bed (not to mention how big their penis is). Still, most men will experience erection problems at different stages in their lives, and such problems can have very negative effects on a man’s psyche.

Male erection is comprised of three main stages and if something is wrong at any of them, the erection won’t take place:

• Sexual stimulation and arousal, resulting from imagination or physical contact.
• The brain transmits signals to the penis, causing increased blood circulation in the area.
• Blood vessels in the penile area relax letting more blood to flow into the cavernous bodies in the penis, resulting in firm and durable erection.

If there’s something interfering with any of these processes the chances that erectile dysfunction will take place increases significantly. The positive side of the story is that psychological issues account only about 20% of all erectile dysfunction cases. This means that the patient has psychogenic ED. Read the rest of this entry »