CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 4
WHAT ED IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T 5
COULD I BE NEXT? 12
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? 18
TESTS TO HELP DIAGNOSE AND TO CHOOSE THE BEST TREATMENT 27
MYTH #1: MEN SHOULD NEVER HAVE THESE SORTS OF PROBLEMS 29
MYTH #2: MEN SHOULD JUST KNOW HOW TO HAVE SEX 29
MYTH #3: MEN ALWAYS WANT AND CRAVE SEX 30
MYTH #4: IT'S EMBARRASSING TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION 30
MYTH #5: ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IS JUST THE MAN'S PROBLEM 30
WHAT IS YOUR FAMILY HISTORY? 31
HOW'S YOUR HEALTH? 32
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE? 32
WHAT HAVE YOU TRIED TO ALLEVIATE YOUR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION? 33
HAVE ANY METHODS OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION TREATMENT WORKED IN THE PAST? 33
GENERAL CHECK UP 34
BLOOD TESTS 34
URINE TESTS 35
HORMONE TESTS 35
ULTRASOUNDS 35
NEUROLOGICAL TESTS 36
PSYCHOSOCIAL TESTS 36
DICC – DYNAMIC INFUSION CAVERNOSOMETRY AND CAVERNOSOGRAPHY 36
NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE TEST 37
TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS 38
HOW THESE MEDICATIONS WORK 39
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS 39
COGNITIVE THERAPY 44
THERAPEUTIC MEDICATIONS 45
SEX COUNSELING 45
HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS 46
ACUPUNCTURE 47
TANTRA SEXUAL PRACTICES 47
PREVENTING ED IN THE FIRST PLACE 50
EAT RIGHT 52
EXERCISE 53
CONCLUSION 56
