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What is the Link between Erectile Dysfunction and Diabetes?

Diabetes is a very common cause of erectile dysfunction. Clinical experience and numerous studies suggest that men over age 65 experience some degree of erectile dysfunction 1. Moreover, men who suffer from diabetes experience ED at three times the rate of non-diabetics because of the damage diabetes can cause to the nerves and blood vessels that control the ability to get an erection.2

 

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