Treatments for erectile dysfunction include medications given orally (usually tablets), counselling, vacuum penile pump devices, injections directly into the penis, and penile prosthetic implants.

However, if your erectile dysfunction is ongoing, see a doctor. Unless it continues, there is no reason to be concerned. Some of the causes include drinking too much alcohol, anxiety and tiredness. Erectile dysfunction is not a disease, but a symptom of some other problem – physical, psychological or a mixture of both.ĭon’t worry about occasional failure to get or keep an erection.

Erectile dysfunction (or impotence) is a man’s inability to get or keep an erection that allows sexual activity with penetration.