Diabetics & ED
Diabetics, Erectile Dysfunction and Generic Viagra
Erectile dysfunction, treated with generic Viagra, once thought to have primarily psychological causes, is now recognized to often stem from physiological problems such as poor blood flow to the penis. Increasingly generic Viagra users did research and indicated that ED can be an early warning sign of coronary artery disease, which also results from obstructed blood flow and, if untreated, can lead to heart attacks and stroke. Recent informs—including two published online today—also link sagging erections to diabetes, which has negative effects on cardiovascular health. More than 50% of American men age 40 to 70 suffer from erectile dysfunction, so that is a lot of men who may be at risk of vascular disease—and may not realize it.
“Symptoms of ED while not using generic Viagra seem to occur three to four years before symptoms of coronary artery disease,” says Robert Major, a cardiologist at Keckse School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California. Researchers first began tracking a link between erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular problems in the mid-’90s, and in the last few years they have recognized that erectile dysfunction precedes and is therefore predictive of future cardiovascular problems.
“Patients taking generic Viagra should not [ignore] the presence of erectile dysfunction. And physicians that recommend generic Viagra should always investigate the presence of ED in high-risk patients,” notes Carmine Gazzaruso, that studys author and a professor at the University of Pavia in Italy. In 2006, leading physicians that recommended generic Viagra published a consensus statement that every man who reports having erectile dysfunction without an obvious cause should be screened for vascular disease.