by Big Mick on July 2, 2009
Few sensations in life are better than being sexually stimulated and having our penis jump to life at a fully erect status ready to probe, thrust, and penetrate whatever it is that is making us excited. But how does this all happen?
When you get an erection – your two cylinders of your corpus cavernosa fill with blood. This blood is pumped in under great pressure making you feel hard as a rock.
In order to stay that way, a series of valves close down to lock in the blood. The blood flows into the penis from two arteries that come from the aorta.
During sexual stimulation the arteries supplying the penis with blood dilate and large amounts of blood rush into the erectile tissue. The blood is trapped because the vessels draining the penis become compressed. The penis stays this way until ejaculation or until the male is no longer stimulated. [click to continue…]
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by Big Mick on June 13, 2009
Impotence, also known more commonly as erectile dysfunction, is a very common male ailment. Basically, erectile dysfunction is when the process of achieving full arousal, and a lasting erection becomes difficult, or even impossible.
The causes can be physical, mental, or emotional. To understand each of these causes, one has to understand have happens during an erection.
Erection is achieved when enough blood is pumped into, then held, inside the penis, creating a solid shaft. There are various reasons and causes for this process to become interrupted, and believe it or not, stress is one of the top causes of erectile dysfunction. The methods of treatment are just as varied as the causes. [click to continue…]
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