The abbreviation for erectile dysfunction.

It is a male disease. It is more common clinically and mainly includes the following two situations: 1. The penis cannot be incorporated into the vagina during sexual intercourse. 2. The penis can be incorporated into the vagina, but the erection cannot last until ejaculation.

ED can be divided into functional (also called psychological or spiritual) and organic. There is no organic disease in the former. Possible direct causes or contributing causes include excessive mental stress, anxiety, depression, guilt, lack of self-confidence in one's sexual ability, incoordination in interpersonal relationships, emotional crisis between husband and wife, trauma of first sexual intercourse, and regrets about the past. The mental burden of masturbation, and even the patient's misunderstanding of the doctor's explanation.

The latter can be caused by various neurological, endocrine, vascular and drug factors.