Fixing Erectile Dysfunction
Quitting Smoking Facts and Getting an Erection Again

Fixing erectile dysfunction may or may not be as simple as giving up your smoking addiction and establishing a healthier lifestyle.

The facts about smoking and impotence reveal that if getting an erection is a problem for you it could be fixed if you quit smoking cigarettes and it might not be fixable with drugs.

What is erectile dysfunction? It is a term that means you have difficulty getting an erection and sustaining it so that normal sexual activity can occur. It is sometimes referred to as impotence or sexual impotence but erectile dysfunction or ED is the contemporary terminology.

What causes erectile dysfunction?

Many causes of impotence have been identified including psychological causes, however, one thing is certain. There must be an adequate blood flow to the penis in order to get and sustain an erection. Getting an erection requires healthy and relaxed blood vessels in the penis and nicotine interferes with all the normal physiology that makes erections happen.

Fixing Erectile Dysfunction With Drugs May Not Work if You Continue to Smoke

Treating erectile dysfunction with drugs provides short term relief because the medication relaxes the smooth muscles lining the walls of the arteries that supply blood to the penis.

When there is plaque buildup in the walls of the arteries there is no long term benefit to be realized from taking these drugs.

The number of chemicals in cigarettes are in the 1000's.

Think long and hard (pun intended) about the pharmaceutical option for fixing erectile dysfunction. You do not need another chemical on board. Adding another chemical into the mix will not improve your health and you will have done nothing to reverse the underlying cause of your impotence.

Pharmaceuticals aimed at fixing erectile dysfunction also have some significant side effects such fluctuations in blood pressure and headaches.

Some studies have even shown that treating erectile dysfunction with medication is less successful in smoking related impotence. Smoking interferes with the normal action of nitric oxide which keeps the blood vessels relaxed and the lining of the blood vessels nice and smooth. In the absence of nitric oxide medication for impotence fails to act reliably.

Pharmaceutical companies will not suggest that fixing erectile dysfunction is a simple as giving up smoking because there is no benefit to them if you quit smoking cigarettes. They want to sell you a drug, that is their prime directive.

Quitting Smoking Facts.

What are the chances of getting erections again if you quit smoking cigarettes now?

Studies are mixed on this one. Some studies have shown that men who reported losing their erections before orgasm quit smoking cigarettes and were able to completely reverse the situation.

It is known that the longer you smoke and the younger the age of starting smoking the more damage there is to penile circulation and the less likely you are to regain your erections when you quit smoking cigarettes.

Some sources say it is possible to regain erectile function after you quit smoking cigarettes and other experts suggest that the more damage there is and the longer you have been smoking the less the probability that full erectile function will resume.

So for now the facts about smoking and fixing erectile dysfunction are not clear however, one thing is certain, your best chance of success is to give up smoking now because the longer and the more you smoke the higher the probability that penile circulation will become permanently damaged.

Lifestyle modifications such as changes in diet, quitting smoking, and losing weight are considered to be first line measures for treating erectile dysfunction because they carry the least risk and the most benefit. These lifestyle modifications when implemented together, are helpful because they address three of the main causes of ED:

• smoking
• obesity
• sedentary lifestyle

If you are still smoking and impotence is a problem for you and your partner, you will be much better off if you quit smoking cigarettes, start a physical exercise program and improve your diet because you will regain your health not just your erections.

Lifestyle modifications will also help to reduce your risk of developing any of the other dangers of cigarette smoking such as high blood pressure and heart disease that may be in your future because of your smoking addiction.

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