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Erectile dysfunction causes

Introduction

Causes

Causes

Common Causes

  • Psychogenic
  • Genitourinary trauma
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Drug-induced
  • Vascular disease
  • Neurologic disease

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical / poisoning No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect

Acebutolol Hydrochloride, Amitriptyline , Amlodipine and Benazepril, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Atenolol , Baclofen — Teratogenic Agent, Benazepril Hydrochloride , Bendrofluazide , Betaxolol ,Bisoprolol, Brevibloc , Celexa, Chemotherapy, Chronic hepatopathy, Cimetidine , Cipramil, Citalopram , Clonazepam , Clonidine , Cocaine abuse, Codeine , Cyclopenthiazide , Cyproterone , Desipramine , Diazepam , Diethylpropion, Diethylstilboestrol, Digitalis , Disulfiram, Dothiepin , Dutasteride and Tamsulosin hydrochloride, Escitalopram , Esmolol , Ethinylestradiol , Exogenous testosterone substitution, Febuxostat, Finasteride , Fluoxetine , Fosfestrol, Goserelin, Guanethidine , Hexamethonium, Histrelin, Iloperidone, Itraconazole, Leuprolide, Lorazepam , Marijuana abuse, Megestrol, Methyldopa , Metoclopramide , Metolazone , Metoprolol , Nafarelin, Nandrolone, Nilutamide, Nizatidine, Nortriptyline , Olanzapine, Olsalazine, Oxandrolone, Oxazepam , Oxprenolol , Paroxetine , Phentermine, Pindolol , Pizotifen , Polyestradiol , Propranolol , Radiation therapy, Ranitidine , Sertraline , Sorafenib, Sotalol , Spironolactone , Tagamet , Temazepam , Tiagabine, Triptorelin pamoate, Venlafaxine , Timolol , Vilazodone, Zonisamide

Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine Acromegaly, Addison’s Disease, Cushing’s syndrome, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic neuropathy, Hyperadrenocorticalism, Hyperprolactinemia, Hypersecretion of growth hormone, Hyperthyroidism, Hypogonadism, Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism without anosmia, X-linked, Hypopituitarism, Hypothyroidism, Lactotroph adenoma, Pituitary adenoma, Pituitary Cancer, Testosterone deficiency
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic Cirrhosis, Liver conditions, Hematochromatosis
Genetic No underlying causes
Hematologic Hematochromatosis, Lymphoma
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease Mumps, Tabes Dorsalis, Tuberculosis
Musculoskeletal / Ortho No underlying causes
Neurologic Autonomic neuropathy, Brain damage, Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia, Conus Medullaris Syndrome,

Dysautonomia, Multiple Sclerosis, Paraplegia, Parkinson’s Disease, Peripheral neuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Pudendal nerve entrapment, Quadriplegia, Spinal Cord Disorders, Spinal cord injury, Spinal cord neoplasm, Spinal Cord Tumor, Stroke, Tuberous Sclerosis

Nutritional / Metabolic Anorexia Nervosa, Cachexia
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic Primary prostate cancer
Opthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity Alcohol abuse, Alcoholic Neuropathy, Cathinone poisoning, Heroin dependence, Lead poisoning, Nicotine addiction
Psychiatric Anxiety , Depression, Schizophrenia
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte Chronic Kidney Disease, Chronic Renal Failure, Renal anomaly, Renal failure, chronic,
Rheum / Immune / Allergy No underlying causes
Sexual After sexual abuse, Andropause, Male Menopause, Male pseudohermaphroditism, Sexual neuropathy,
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic After testicle injury or infection, Balanitis, Bladder Cancer, Castration, Cryptorchidism, Epididymitis, Epispadia, Genitourinary trauma , Gonadal agenesis, Hydrocele, Hypospadia, Incomplete descent of one or both testes, Orchidectomy, Orchitis, Phimosis, Testicle disorder, Testicular hypoplasia, Testicular torsion, Testicular trauma, Tumor of the genital organs, Varicocele
Dental No underlying causes
Miscellaneous Adiposogenital dystrophy, Advanced age, Andrade’s syndrome, Apoplexy, Bamforth syndrome, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Forbes-Albright syndrome, Froelich’s syndrome Galactorrhoea-Hyperprolactinaemia, Human carcinogen — Diethylstilboestrol, Idiopathic, Insecurity, Klinefelter syndrome, Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, Leriche syndrome, Obal syndrome, Peyronie’s disease, radical prostatectomy , Relationship conflict, Severe systemic diseases, Stress, Transthyretin amyloidosis, War sailor syndrome, Woodhouse Sakati syndrome
Causes in Alphabetical Order

Causes in Alphabetical Order

References

References

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]