Sex after Prostate Cancer

Libido and orgasm

Hormone therapy is one of the most frequently used treatments for prostate cancer. In most cases, the libido hormone therapy (the lust) and orgasm (the pleasure of orgasm) canceled. Both libido and orgasm occur in the brains of all, for that purpose should be encouraged by a sufficiently high level of testosterone in the blood.

Ejaculation

In some cases of prostate cancer is total or partial removal of the prostate. When radiotherapy is a prostate tumor irradiation. They too are often used. After surgery, and in time after radiotherapy, it is no longer possible to ejaculation (ejaculation) to have. It is necessary that the prostate produces prostatic fluid for sperm to come. Most men find stopping ejaculation also not so bad, in contrast to erectile dysfunction. Even without an erection, ejaculation is still possible and orgasm.

Erectile dysfunction

To be able to get an erection, the nerves in the prostate of the signals from the brains of the penis can send. But surgery and radiotherapy can damage the nerves, and so cause impotence. Fortunately, this side effect with the new surgical techniques are sensitive to less common.

Solutions for impotence

Erectile dysfunction due to nerve damage can be treated in several ways:

• If the nerve is only partially damaged, medication (Viagra, Levitra and Cialis) erectile strengthen its own. These erection pills does not automatically make an erection. Given the possible contraindications are only available on prescription.
• If all the nerves are damaged, can no longer erection pills help an erection. The solution is an injection into the penile shaft. Such injection is painless, easy to administer and provides an automatic erection.

Question in any case always consult your doctor before you start treatment.