Can Cardiovascular Disease Cause Erection Problems?

If you live long enough, you are almost certain to experience impotence. Scientists studied over thirty thousand men. The men were between 53 and and 90 years of age.

None of them had prostate cancer. Prostate cancer and the surgery to fight it are themselves causes of erection problems, so the results would have been skewed had those men been included.

Of those men, one third reported that they had had an erectile dysfunction in the last three months. The risk of impotence goes up five percent for every year of age after fifty. So, the longer you live, the more likely you are to experience erection problems.

However, men who got regular cardiovascular exercise delayed the onset of erection problems for ten years.

One of the main causes of erection problems is cardiovascular disease. Your heart pumps the blood and your blood vessels deliver it to your penis during an erection. If your heart is not working properly, or if your blood vessels are clogged, you will have a problem.

Regular exercise has already been shown to help prevent prostate disease. Other impotence causes include smoking and being overweight. So put out that cigarette and get up off the couch!

Intercourse is a great cardiovascular workout. If you lack confidence in your sexual prowess, you are missing sexual opportunities. You are lacking in cardiovascular exercise. If so, you are setting yourself up for impotence at an earlier age than need be, and then you will be even more unlikely to explore sexual opportunities.

This is a vicious circle.

Many men avoid sexual encounters because they are embarrassed by their small penis. However, a quality penile exercise program can overcome that anxiety by increasing length and girth. You will get your sexual cardiovascular exercise much more often.