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Hormonal Therapy and Erectile Dysfunction
If you are one of those who are suffering from erectile dysfunction, certainly you must have gone through some difficult hours trying to weigh the extent of your condition. For one, most men are ashamed to admit that they have the condition. And even if they do admit their condition, many men are thinking that their situation is hopeless. Is it so? Read on and find out that even if it is not a pleasant situation, having erectile dysfunction need not be a hopeless situation for anyone.
Hormonal Therapy to the Rescue
If your nights have recently become lonely because you can no longer enjoy some passionate moments with your partner, then you certainly will appreciate a remedy for your case. Despair no more because hormonal therapy is here!
Regardless of the causes, hormonal deficiency in men can cause them to have erectile dysfunction. There are many reasons for this. Some of the most common ones are due to diseases such as diabetes, due to one's lifestyle, and due to stress and pressure encountered at work. With erectile dysfunction, a man is declared as clinically impotent because he either cannot produce enough testosterone to fertilize a woman's egg or because he cannot attain erection long enough for sexual satisfaction.
How Is Hormonal Therapy Done?
In general, a man is considered impotent if the laboratory tests reveal that he has less than 300 nd/dL of testosterone. While this is generally accepted, it is not at all conclusive because there are some who have much lower levels of the said hormones but are not considered impotent. On the other hand, when the issue relates impotence to erectile dysfunction, the following treatments are usually administered to increase the testosterone level and to treat erectile dysfunction:
- Injections are the most common means to implant testosterone to a man and to treat erectile dysfunction. While this is the most common and considered as the most effective, this is also considered very tedious because it requires maintaining the testosterone level in the body all the time. In fact, injections are quite frequent, sometimes required as often as every two weeks.
- Skin patches and gels are the next most common. These gels and patches contain testosterone and are rubbed into the skin. There is also a variant that is applied to the gums and tongue. The main advantage of this method is that it is much safer than injections.
- Pills are also used, but this method is very rarely done. In fact, doctors are not given to requiring testosterone pills to their patients. This is because pills of this nature are considered very dangerous to a person's health, especially with the risk of having liver problems associated with taking the pill.
Making the Decision
Erectile dysfunction can be treated, but if it is due to diabetes, the most effective means to cope with it is through counseling. With injections, health problems are a real risk. On the other hand, skin irritation and rashes are some of the possible consequences when using skin patches for hormonal therapy.
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