Diabetes Mellitus

Numbers say that diabetes mellitus, hypertension and tobacco abuse are the three most regular causes of ED in men over 50 years old. Approximately 60% of men suffering from diabetes report to have erectile dysfunction within 10 years of diagnosis. In other words, impotence is not a surprise for persons with diabetes, but rather a process developing in time.

Diabetes and vascular diseases are often met together and have similar forms of manifestation: the premature and severe hardening of the arteries. Diabetes mellitus becomes even more serious when associated with high levels of blood glucose, obesity or smoking, causing thus not only arteriosclerosis but also myopathy- a muscle disease, all that leading to man's inability of getting and keeping an erection 10 to 15 years earlier than normal time.
Also common in men with diabetes is the peripheral neuropathy which involves damages of the nerves controlling erections.