Nowadays world associations of urologists understand erectile dysfunction as the disability to support an erection during sexual performance, sufficient for satisfaction, in case these disorders proceed at least within three months. So to say, it is a long-term inability to develop or maintain erection. The term 'erectile dysfunction' was originated in the USA instead of "the impotency", which was considered to be too categorical perception of a problem.
According to World Health Organization reports every fifth man on the planet suffers from any form of erectile dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction develops at 10% among men older than 21 years and more than 30% among men, elder 60 years. Due to statistics, only 20% of men, suffering from erectile dysfunction, ask for medical aid and only hardly more than 30% of them receive treatment. Others don't consider erectile dysfunction as an illness, and perceive it as a normal implication of aging, a consequence of stresses and weariness. Thus, more than 75 % of men don't address the doctor with this problem, as a result noneffective selftreatment leads to further disease advance. It is necessary to say that often erectile dysfunction becomes an implication of many serious chronic diseases (diabetes, atherosclerosis, strokes, a multiple sclerosis), therefore it is necessary to solve this problem with the help of various experts, through complex body inspection and correctly prescribed treatment.