Contents:
- Medical Video: Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction: Mayo Clinic Radio
- What is shockwave therapy?
- How it works shockwave to treat impotence
- Is shockwave therapy safe and effective?
- Differences in shockwave therapy with other erectile dysfunction treatments
Medical Video: Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction: Mayo Clinic Radio
Men with erectile dysfunction problems (impotence) may be haunted by fear of not being able to make love to the maximum or the risk of dangerous diseases. Now, to overcome this one disease, doctors find the latest techniques that are believed to be safe but effective: shockwave therapy or therapy with shock waves. Wow, what kind of treatment is this? Can it really treat impotence? Check out the following explanation!
What is shockwave therapy?
Shockwave therapy or also known as shock wave therapy is a method that has long been used to treat various types of diseases, without the need for surgery. Usually shockwave therapy is offered for patients with chronic pain, kidney stones, tendinitis, and has recently begun to be used to treat impotence.
Relax, you don't need to be afraid of the term shock wave. Because the acoustic waves produced by this vibration are quite low in scale. You don't need to be afraid of pain when this procedure is carried out.
How it works shockwave to treat impotence
Before answering how shockwave therapy can overcome impotence, you need to first understand the causes of erectile dysfunction. To achieve an erection (tense and hard), the penis depends on blood flow. Whereas if the blood does not flow hard enough and much towards the penis, of course you will have difficulty erecting even though you have been aroused.
Well, to overcome this problem, sexual health experts found a breakthrough namely shockwave therapy. The energy from the acoustic waves produced by this therapy can trigger a process called neovascularization, which is the formation of new blood vessels. When new blood vessels form in the penis area, your blood flow to the penis becomes even smoother.
Erectile dysfunction treatment with acoustic wave energy is done without surgery, injection, or any anesthesia. The doctor will attach a special tool that has been greased to several points around the penis. Usually the shockwave therapy procedure takes fifteen to twenty minutes.
Is shockwave therapy safe and effective?
Don't worry, this procedure is safe and has been clinically proven to effectively deal with erectile dysfunction problems. The therapeutic results recorded in the study by the European Association of Urology are also promising. According to the study, 72 percent of patients managed to have vaginal penetration after undergoing shockwave therapy.
A urology specialist from Spire Manchaster Hospital in England, Dr. Vijay Sangar also guarantees the safety of this therapy. He also explained that the success rate of shockwave therapy reached two thirds of all patients he handled.
However, according to the International Society for Sexual Medicine, impotent men who are already severe enough may not be able to rely on shockwave therapy alone. Doctors usually still prescribe drinking drugs.
Differences in shockwave therapy with other erectile dysfunction treatments
When compared with other impotence drugs such as taking strong drugs (Viagra or Cialis), penile implants, and injections, shockwave therapy is considered superior. Because, once you run this procedure you can get results in the long run. Whereas by taking strong drugs or injections, the erection will only last for a few moments.
Meanwhile, shockwave therapy can increase the ability of the penis to achieve erection independently. This is because the therapeutic procedure targets a very specific problem, namely blood flow to the penis.
