Erectile dysfunction affects not only the senior crowd but many middle age men nowadays.
There are a lot of men suffering from this condition all over the world.
Treating erection dysfunction is not easy but everything should begin with finding the cause.
There are a lot of causes for male impotence.
Besides age, smoking, unhealthy food or injuries, there are other less known factors that can induce the appearance of this condition.
One of the lesser known factors that can induce the appearance of male impotence is diabetes.
If a man suffers from diabetes at any age it increases his chances of suffering from erectile dysfunction in the future.
Many physicians consider that penile dysfunction can be caused by the complications of diabetes.
You need understand the link between these two diseases and you should know exactly what their effects are on the human body.
Diabetes is a condition where the body is unable to produce enough insulin.
The organ that is malfunctioning is the pancreas and of course if it is not doing it job we have diabetes.
In this case the blood flow has a lot of glucose in it.
If you do not watch you diet, exercise on a regular basis and are overweight or obese you chances of contracting diabetes is almost inevitable.
Another aspect that can reveal the link between erectile dysfunction and diabetes is atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis is basically a complication of diabetes that appears usually in elder people.
It is a formation of plaques in arteries.
Over time, the plaques become bigger and bigger thus blocking a normal circulation of the blood.
Blood flow is essential for penile firmness.