Therapy with local negative pressure with ED

Vacuum devices have long been used as one of the methods for the treatment of erectile dysfunction( ED).The principle of local negative pressure was patented in 1917.Since then, the design and design of the devices have undergone drastic changes, but the principle remains the same: the penis is placed in a vacuum environment, creating a negative pressure, which provides an increase and hardness of the penis.

Procedure

For the procedure, a special preparation consisting of a flask andMechanism of pressure deflation. The penis is placed in a flask and pressed tightly against the body, preventing air leakage, after which the air pumping mechanism is activated, thereby creating a negative pressure.

Under the influence of negative pressure, an erection is achieved not by relaxing the smooth musculature of the IF, as occurs in a physiological erection, but by stretching the tissues of the penis and forming penile rigidity.

Given the mechanism of physical impact, the effectiveness of vacuum devices depends to a small extent on the etiological factors of ED, therefore this procedure is suitable for most men suffering from a violation of erectile function.

With improperly performed procedures, some complications are possible: numbness of the penis, violation of orgasm and ejaculation, hemorrhages and hematomas. But these complications are more likely caused by an improperly performed procedure, including too long a persistence of the IF under pressure and too much pressure.

Positive effects of LOD therapy

Due to the negative pressure, there is a strong filling of the blood of the IF, which activates arteries and capillaries that have not previously participated in blood filling. Tired to the cavernous bodies blood, enriches the cells with oxygen, preventing stagnant processes, makes the vessels of the IF more elastic.

Indications LOD-therapy:

• Disturbance of erectile function of different etiology( especially vascular).
• Chronic prostatitis and other urological diseases associated with stagnant processes.
• One of the complex methods of treatment of mild degree of Peyronie's disease( with small fibrous plaques and small IF curvature).
• Overcoming stagnant processes of the small pelvis.

LOD-therapy with massage

Usually, in medical practice the so-called vacuum massage is used. The essence of the massage is the alternate discharge of pressure in the flask: 1-2 minutes IF is in a state of erection( the pressure in the flask is negative), then the pressure in the flask is normalized to the primary for 1-2 minutes. A total of 7-8 such repetitions are performed per session.

This method is successfully used both in monotherapy and in the complex treatment of ED and chronic prostatitis. However, nevertheless, this procedure is more suitable for complex treatment, rather than as a monotherapy.

A variety of drugs for LOD-therapy

All drugs for this therapy can be divided into two groups:

• Ambulatory preparations used in clinics.
• Vacuum-erectors for self-use.

Advantages of outpatient drugs are in a variety of effects - simultaneously with the procedure of LOD-therapy, it can be provided with photo-, or laser therapy, magnetotherapy. Such a diverse effect has a better therapeutic effect. In addition, these drugs have a software package and independently regulate the level of pressure in the flask for a given program, which is very convenient when carrying out a vacuum massage.

The advantage of vacuum-erectors is their mobility and the ability to use anywhere. But these are less perfect drugs, since they do not have electronics( there is no possibility of program control).There are both medical devices and devices for general use, known as vacuum pumps. The latter are used by men primarily as a means of increasing the IF, and much less often, for the prevention and treatment of ED.

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Abbreviations used in the article:

LOD-therapy - locally negative pressure therapy;

ED - erectile dysfunction;IF - penis.

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