Q Causes of erectile dysfunction?
Erection of penis involves a complex process in male body. There are neurological, psychological, vascular, and muscular factors involved in this process. Disturbance at the level of any of these factors will result in erectile dysfunction. Some of the major and common causes of erectile dysfunction are: Excessive emotional or physical stress, psychological disturbances like depression or poor emotional bonding between partners, diseases affecting arteries of penis like hypertension, atherosclerosis or local deformity of aterteries affecting blood supply to the penis, diseases like diabetes in which there is gradual loss of functioning of nerves and blood vessels, weakness of nerves of pelvic area, any local trauma or injury, any local deformity, smoking, obesity etc.