You can work with a health care professional to treat an underlying cause of your erectile dysfunction ED. Choosing an ED treatment is a personal decision. However, you also may benefit from talking with your partner about which treatment is best for you as a couple. Your health care professional may suggest that you make lifestyle changes to help reduce or improve ED.
All men should think about penis health. A man must have a healthy penis to function as a healthy person. He needs a healthy penis to remove urine and maintain the right fluid balance in his body. A healthy penis is needed for sex and to get a woman pregnant. A problem with the penis can sometimes be a helpful clue for the doctor. It may be a hint about a problem somewhere else in the body, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease.
There are quite a few types of penile conditions. Some are minor and don't cause many problems, and some are serious medical emergencies that require immediate treatment or surgery. Penile conditions can be congenital, which means they are present at birth, or they can develop over time. Balanitis is inflammation of the glans head of the penis.
For many people, a physical exam and answering questions medical history are all that's needed for a doctor to diagnose erectile dysfunction and recommend a treatment. If you have chronic health conditions or your doctor suspects that an underlying condition might be involved, you might need further tests or a consultation with a specialist. This test is usually performed by a specialist in an office. It involves using a wandlike device transducer held over the blood vessels that supply the penis.
Sounds like that episode of 'King of Queens' where Carrie had a cold and conned Holly into bringing her soup.... And then crab cakes, and rack of lamb, and so on, escalating.... and the dummy was writing down all those elaborate requests. And bringing it to her!