Improvement in Scientists Understanding of Diabetes Related Impotence

Thu, 08 Apr 2010
Diabetics are at a greater risk of blood vessel damage in contrast to the rest of the population.

This increase the likelihood of their becoming impotent.

Scientists have discovered further details about this problem, via a study which uncovers the molecular process which triggers diabetes related erectile dysfunction .

Through the use of test rats, the researchers have identified 57 proteins which are present in the erectile tissue which increase or decrease during diabetes.

Not surprisingly, in the case of the diabetic rats, the proteins which provide stiffness and strength in the penis were not as common.

Research using rats is normally a reliable indicator of human health problems. Thus it can be presumed that the molecular process is the same for diabetics who suffer from erectile dysfunction.

This finding could offer new insight into this condition, which affects 50 per cent of men over the age of 60 and could give rise to new treatments.

Impotence can also give rise to multiple other physical, emotional and psychological factors which can trigger the condition.

Emotional factors include depression and stress and physical factors include obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure .

Lifestyle factors like drinking, smoking, and drugs can contribute to erectile dysfuntion as can the presently popular drug Methodrone, known as ‘miaow miaow’.

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