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Is there a history of alcohol or drug ingestion? A host of antihypertensive drugs, including the beta-blockers, may cause impotence. In addition, tricyclic drugs, nicotine, and alcohol intoxication may cause impotence.
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... Impotence may be due to local end-organ disease, dysfunction of the peripheral nerve pathways, disease of the spinal cord or brain, pituitary and other endocrine disorders, and “supratentorial” disorders. Thus recall of the various causes is
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... Impotence is the inability to achieve and maintain penile erection sufficient to complete satisfactory sexual intercourse; ejaculation may or may not be affected. Impotence varies from occasional and minimal to permanent and complete. Occasional... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Special considerations ... Geriatric pointers ... Pictures
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... Aging
Psychogenic causes
Testicular causes (primary or secondary)
Congenital hypogonadism (especially Froehlich's syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome
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... Erectile disorder, or impotence, refers to a male’s inability to attain or maintain penile erection sufficient to complete intercourse. The patient with primary impotence has never achieved a sufficient erection; secondary impotence, which is more common and... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Impotence is the inability to achieve and maintain penile erection sufficient to complete satisfactory sexual intercourse; ejaculation may or may not be affected. Impotence varies from occasional and minimal to permanent and complete. Occasional impotence... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Special considerations ... Geriatric pointers ... Patient counseling ... Pictures
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Approach Impotence, defined as the consistent inability to get or maintain an erection sufficient for intercourse, is a patient-defined diagnosis. Because up to one-third of men aged more than 65 years have erectile... History ... Physical examination ... Testing ... Diagnostic assessment
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... Differential Overview
❑ Psychological
❑ Drugs
❑ Diabetes mellitus
❑ Androgen deficiency
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... Impotence is the inability to achieve and maintain penile erection sufficient to complete satisfactory sexual intercourse; ejaculation may be affected. Impotence varies from occasional and minimal to permanent and complete. Occasional impotence occurs in about one-half of adult American men... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Nursing considerations ... Patient teaching ... Pictures
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Impotence is now more commonly referred to as erectile dysfunction.
Impotence may be due to local end-organ disease, dysfunction of the
peripheral nerve pathways, disease of the spinal cord or brain, pituitary
and other endocrine disorders, and supratentorial... Pictures
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