Nerve Growth May Bring Hope To Men With Impotence

There are estimated to be 50,000 individual cases of nerve injury in the UK

Fascinating new research done at the University of Manchester could be used to help men in the future who suffer from erectile dysfunction due to nerve damage after prostate cancer. The scientists working at the University have been able to transform stem cells from fat tissue into nerve cells and with these they hope to be able to develop completely artificial nerves that will allow damaged parts of the body from nerve damage to be fully functioning again.

The scientists are in fact looking for volunteers to start extracting cells from their fat tissues so they can start to reconstruct artificial nerves using biodegradable polymers. It may be many years before it will be able for the man on the street to get this new nerve tissue implanted into parts of his body which require it however it gives hope to thousands of men and women who have experienced severe nerve damage.

There are estimated to be about 50,000 individual cases of nerve injury in the United Kingdom and a great deal of these cases occur in men who have undergone prostate cancer surgery when the removal of a tumour was necessary. Men who have suffered from nerve damage in this way sometimes find that the erectile dysfunction medications Viagra, Cialis and Levitra do not work for them. This can be extremely distressing and frustrating for them and it is hoped that this new potential nerve surgery could enable them to get proper sexual function back again.

Men who have suffered from erectile dysfunction due to cancer of the prostate are very often prescribed an erectile dysfunction medication after their surgery. Other research that we have seen at Ukmedix News clarifies that it is important for men to use their sexual function sooner rather than later after surgery as it will boost the chances of them getting full erectile function back again.