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Erection difficulty

If your partner has difficulty getting or maintaining an erection it can be difficult for you both to deal with.

Erectile dysfunction is an embarrassing problem for many men and can result in feelings of frustration and resentment in both partners. Lovelifematters provides female partners of men with erectile dysfunction with information about erectile dysfunction and sources of help in order that you can overcome and understand the complexity of his erection difficulty.

In many cases impotence can be effectively treated. Lovelifematters provides you with the information, conversational techniques, sources of professional help and details of the organisations that offer erectile dysfunction help and advice.

How ED affects your lovelife

Diagnosing a condition like erectile dysfunction (ED) can often be the beginning of a journey. Today's Erectile Dysfunction treatments are generally effective and available from your doctor, but if you haven't had sex for some time, it may be awkward taking those first few steps.

In this section we explain why intimacy means more than sex, how to get that spark back in your life and how to enjoy a healthy lovelife right into your later years despite having been through ED.

Staying intimate despite Erectile Dysfunction

Staying intimate despite ED

When a man with ED attends my sexual therapy clinic, I always ask him when he last
had intercourse. For many of them, years have passed since they even attempted intercourse.
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How to be close after Erectile Dysfunction

How to be close after ED

After having adjusted to life without sex due to your partner’s erection problem, you may be apprehensive about how to respond if your partner regains his erection and
how to recover your intimacy.
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Understanding age and Erectile Dysfunction

Understanding age and ED

Two questions I get asked frequently by both men and women are 'Do you think that
we are too old to be having sex?', and 'Are our erection problems related to age?'
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Erection Problem - why health and fitness are important

Why health and fitness are important

Is your partner fit and healthy? As a doctor, I have often found that a man
who gets out of shape is liable to develop erectile dysfunction (ED).
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