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Medical experts have identified a new link to erectile dysfunction
(ED) and cardiovascular health issues. In the opinions of certain
health professionals, the signs of sexual dysfunction may represent
the first signs of impotence. The problem maybe negatively impacted
when unsuspecting patients start using anti-impotence medications.
While prescribed medications such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra
may fuel bedroom sparks, using such drugs has been deemed a serious
trouble when the heart is not evaluated. Based
on the recent findings in research, erectile dysfunction is
being found to be a precursor to heart disease, stroke and angina.
At New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Andrew McCullough,
director of male sexual health, fertility and microsurgery is
in agreement of this new finding.
The irony behind the theory that erectile dysfunction is a common
manifestation of underlying cardiovascular health issues is
how the discovery was made. During clinical trials involving
Levitra, Viagra and Cialis the association to heart disease
was made when these erectile dysfunction drugs were evaluated
as cardiovascular treatments.
Although
a certain percentage of impotence or erectile difficulties are
attributed to psychological impediments or "performance"
anxiety, significantly more cases are triggered by arteries
that do not expand. As a result, achieving an erection is impaired
due to inadequate blood flow to the penis.
Based
on the findings of Dr. Alan Bank, the medical director of research
at St. Paul Heart Clinic in Minnesota, more than 88 percent
of patients who suffer from erectile dysfunction disorder are
derived from a vascular cause. The link between the heart and
ED was noted during a study on circulation, cardiovascular risks
and type two diabetes. As published in the journal, nearly 40
percent of the participants diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and
silent coronary artery disease experienced some degree of erectile
dysfunction. |
