Does Alcohol Cause Erectile Dysfunction?
“Hi, I’m Doctor David Thomas. I’m a practicing psychotherapist with the Whitford-Thomas Group in Tampa, Florida, here to discuss the question Does Alcohol Affect Erectile or Cause Erectile Dysfunction? Erectile dysfunction is what we want to talk about first. And, oftentimes erectile dysfunction has two courses. One is a medical course, so it’s really caused by something that’s kind of malfunctioning in the system. And there’s oftentimes with more younger males, erectile dysfunction is a result of performance anxiety. So let’s talk about erection, first, ’cause then we can see it’s tied into alcohol. First of all, when you’re talking about, well, you know, what creates an erection. Erection is initiated by some type of sensory stimulation or physical stimulation to the brain. Actually the brain detects that stimulation, and then from there, the brain sends a message to the penis to relax the muscles, which allows the flow of blood to come into the penis and therefore create the expansi
