Male Sexual Dysfunction

Middle-aged men are most susceptible to sexual dysfunction.  Many, however, live with it or self-treat it for fear of ridicule.  Ignoring sexual dysfunction may harm your personal relationship and eventually cause unhappiness to you and your partner.  On the other hand, providing your own treatment without professional advice may be harmful to your health.  Your best option is to seek help for your condition at the earliest possible time.

Signs and Symptoms
Aside from the inability to sustain an erection, you may also experience irritability, ill temper, weight gain, depression, bloated stomach, pain under the ribs, shortness of breath, insomnia, premature ejaculation, palpitations, weak back and constant tiredness.

Causes
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) relates sexual dysfunction with either a decline in kidney energy or kidney deficiency.  The kidney, along with the heart, spleen and liver, is the primary source of sexual energy.  Low kidney energy is usually the result of stress or psychological causes.  Middle-aged men are usually confronted with problems at work, at home, in relationships or in finances.  Some men cope with mounting pressures by eating less nutritious food like fast food, drinking coffee and alcohol, smoking and turning to drugs for escape.  These unhealthy choices deplete liver and digestive function that ultimately deplete kidney and heart function as well.

For others, sexual dysfunction may be due to kidney deficiency. This is often the result of some physical or emotional trauma arising from an accident or untoward incident.  There are also pathological causes for sexual dysfunction arising from neurological damage, alcoholism, drug abuse, lumbar disk degeneration, pituitary tumor, thyroid disease, prostate condition, hypertension, cancer, diabetes and tuberculosis.

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