Depression Diabetes ED Links

New research has been done on the connection between depression, diabetes and erectile dysfunction and has confirmed other research programs that identified a definite link between the three. It appears that with men who have type 2 diabetes, symptoms of depression are clearly linked and connected to erectile dysfunction and the researchers felt that the depression itself was the most relevant part of the impotence problem. The researchers that hailed form Italy and America also commented that other factors could also a part in contributing to the erectile dysfunction but that depression was a major cause.
It appears they say to be a vicious cycle where the depression can trigger off the gradual development of erectile dysfunction and then when the man starts to realise he is suffering from impotence this in turn compounds his depression and the cycle begins again.

It is well known that men with diabetes suffer from a higher rate of erectile dysfunction than men without the condition and this is usually thought to be a physical side effect of the diabetes but this research has shown that there is a link between the depressive symptoms suffered by diabetics as a result of their condition that could contribute to the onset of erectile dysfunction on its own.
In the research program hundreds of men who had type 2 diabetes were asked to answer questions about themselves at regular intervals over three years in order to establish what it was that was actual causing their erectile dysfunction. The study looked at blood pressure, obesity, smoking, vascular disease and a host of other conditions that are known to cause impotence in order to single out the depressive link to erectile dysfunction on diabetics.

Ukmedix will be following the results of further research that is expected on this subject.