Examples of psychogenic erection in the following topics:
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- Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to develop or maintain an erection during sexual intercourse.
- Erectile dysfunction is indicated when an erection is difficult to produce.
- Penile erection is managed by two different mechanisms.
- The first one is the reflex erection, which is achieved by directly touching the penile shaft.
- The second is the psychogenic erection, which is achieved by erotic or emotional stimuli.
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- The erection of the penis is commonly correlated with male sexual arousal.
- The relationship between erection and arousal is not one-to-one.
- Some men over 40 years of age report that they do not always have an erection when they are sexually aroused.
- A young man, or one with a strong sexual drive, may experience enough sexual arousal for an erection with a passing thought, or just the sight of a passerby.
- Once erect, his penis may gain enough stimulation from contact with the inside of his clothing to maintain the erection for more time.
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- It can be caused by mutations of specific genes, damage to the pituitary gland, Turner's syndrome, poor nutrition, or even stress (leading to psychogenic dwarfism).
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- Instead, it relies entirely on engorgement with blood to achieve erection.
- An erection is the stiffening and rising of the penis, which facilitates sexual arousal, though it can also happen in nonsexual situations.
- The primary physiological mechanism that brings about an erection is the autonomic dilation of arteries supplying blood to the penis.
- Although many erect penises point upwards, it is common and normal for the erect penis to point nearly vertically upwards or nearly vertically downwards or even horizontally straight forward, all depending on the tension of the suspensory ligament that holds it in position.
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- The regions of the body in standard anatomical position, in which the body is erect.
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- If the patient stands erect, as when having a chest x-ray, the gas will float to a position underneath the diaphragm.
- Therefore, gas in the peritoneal cavity, shown on an erect chest x-ray or supine lateral abdominal x-ray, is an omen of perforated peptic ulcer disease.
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- Diagnosis is confirmed during intravenous urography, by obtaining erect and supine films.
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- Reduced estrogen levels may be associated with increased vaginal dryness and less clitoral erection when aroused, but are not directly related to other aspects of sexual interest or arousal.
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- During this process, the erect penis of the male is inserted into the female's vagina until the male ejaculates semen, which contains sperm, into the female's vagina.