HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
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What is High Blood Pressure?

While flowing out of the heart to different parts of the body, the blood exerts a specific force on the blood vessels or arteries that supplies it to the different organs. On certain situations, the amount of force exerted by the blood on the arterial walls becomes excessive and when it happens the person falls prey to high blood pressure or hypertension.

Hypertension or High Blood Pressure often leads to specific physical disorders; namely,

• erectile dysfunction
• heart attacks
• chronic renal failure
• heart failure
• arterial aneurysm

What Are The Causes Of High Blood Pressure?

A normal person becomes a high blood pressure patient on account of a plethora of factors. Some of the major high blood pressure causes are listed below:

• obesity
• alcohol consumption
• narrowing of the arteries responsible for carrying blood to the body
• hyperinsulinemia (the availability of excess insulin in the blood)
• arteriosclerosis (the thickening of arterial walls)
• renal artery stenosis(narrowing of renal artery)
• diabetes
• overabundance of sodium salt in food
• renal disease
• genetic disorders
• use of migraine medications & appetite suppressants
• cocaine Intake

High Blood Pressure And Erectile Dysfunction

High Blood Pressure is a prominent cause of male erectile dysfunction. A study report presented at the American Society of Hypertension's 20th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition held in San Francisco makes it clear that a man having blood pressure above the normal level is consistently at the risk of erectile dysfunction.

How Is Erectile Dysfunction Triggered Off By High Blood Pressure?

In men suffering from high blood pressure, the blood vessels responsible for the transformation of blood to the penis narrows down and at times even get damaged, as a result sufficient quantity of blood fail to reach the genital section. This results in the failure of the person to set off successive erections necessary for sexual intercourse with his partner.

It has been found that some of the medicines taken to treat blood pressure also cause erectile dysfunction in a man.

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