Erectile dysfunction
Inability to achieve or maintain an erection, often a marker of vascular health.
Prevention
Cardiovascular health: exercise, not smoking, control of diabetes/blood pressure.
Prognosis
Usually treatable; may signal underlying vascular disease.
Informational only — not medical advice.
Body systems
Related
- Aerobic exercise (+)
- Alcohol (−)
- Nicotine (−)
Research (6)
- Erectile Dysfunction in Adolescents and Young Adults Pantazis et al. (2024)
- Physiology of Erection and Pathophysiology of Erectile Dysfunction MacDonald et al. (2021)
- Erectile Dysfunction Irwin (2019)
- Erectile dysfunction Muneer et al. (2014)
- Erectile dysfunction McMahon (2014)
- Erectile dysfunction Goldstein et al. (2003)
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