Anxiety worry about daily life can prevent a man from feeling sexual. For instance, a fear of being made redundant or concern about a sick child can diminish sexual drive and prevent erections. Alcohol bingeing, or long-term daily consumption of alcohol, can lead to an inability to achieve an erection. Smoking long-term smoking can gradually damage a man s ability to have an erection. Some kinds of disease disease can cause loss of erection as a symptom of the disease.
Some drug treatments the side effects of certain drugs can occasionally cause erectile problems.
Always check with your GP for any side effects of drugs especially those used to treat blood pressure problems. Relationship problems men who are in relationships where there is conflict, lack of trust or communication problems may also find that their erectile functioning is affected. Erectile difficulties can take different forms. Sometimes the man is unable to achieve an erection at all, can achieve an erection during foreplay but loses it just before penetration begins or loses the erection shortly after penetration. Treatments There are several treatments for loss of erection.