Sexual dysfunction or erectile dysfunction is a condition that is more frequent today than it was many years ago, and this is due mainly to the assumption of sedentary lifestyles, which often lead to an increase in sugars due to poor diet , In addition to a low level of exercises.

It is well known that food is the main cause of diabetes, followed by inheritance and metabolic conditions of the person. In this sense, several researches have concluded that this lifestyle caused by poor diet and few physical exercises, will have as one of the first complications when already diagnosed diabetes, the onset of sexual dysfunction, with all that this It entails.

And is that in the case of men suffering from diabetes, this disease can not only physically affect the patient, but also in a psychology way.

According to Dr. Vivian Bernal, specialist doctor of New Eps, diabetes increases blood sugar levels, causing destruction in the blood vessels. At the time of having an erection the brain sends an order to the muscles so that they relax, and later, the vessels open and fill with blood generating the erection. "In addition, according to this doctor," can also present hardening In the blood vessels what is known as atherosclerosis, which does not allow dilation of the same so you could not reach an erection.

There are currently specialized tests that can prove that a patient is suffering from this disease, although the fastest and most effective method is a constant medical checkup.