Classification of erectile dysfunction

In accordance with generally accepted nowadays classification of erectile dysfunction, impotence into 7 types :

Psychogenic erectile dysfunction

Leading pathogenetic link psychogenic impotence is a decrease in sensitivity to the effects of erectile tissue neurotransmitter erection.. The basis of these phenomena are fatigue, depression, phobias, sexual deviation, associative traumatic factors, etc.

Neurogenic erectile dysfunction

Comes as a result of injury or disease of the brain or spinal cord and peripheral nerves, which prevent the passage of nerve impulses to the corpora cavernosa. The most common cause of impotence is nerogennoy spinal cord injury (75%). Its other causes may be tumors, cerebrovascular pathology, syringomyelia, multiple sclerosis, herniated disc, etc.

Arteriogenic ED

The most common causes of impotence are arteriogenic trauma, congenital abnormalities, smoking, diabetes, hypertension. In the presence of limited arterial inflow significantly affected intracellular metabolism cavernous tissue and vascular endothelium bearing that creates a vicious circle, and often leads to irreversible dysfunction erectile tissue.

Venogennaya ED

Impotence, which developed on the background of vascular disorders.

Hormonal ED

Leading cause of impotence is hormonal diabetes, leading to serious structural changes and penile vascular erectile tissue.

Dysfunction erectile tissue (cavernous insufficiency)

Reasons for failure cavernous different. They lead to intra-and extracellular changes in the corpus cavernosum, their vessels and nerve endings that prevent the normal funktsionirovaniyumehanizma an erection.

ED (impotence) caused by age-related changes, systemic diseases and other causes.

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