Age and diseases may be responsible for curve penis

According to a doctor, the penis can become curve naturally as a man gets older, it can be a sign of a serious disease which has recently been linked to cancer. Some men have a more bent penis for a harmless reason-the two tubes that fill with blood to give an erection can be different sizes. The skin on the organ can affect how curved it appears, aging makes skin gets looser, the curve can look more pronounced.

But a bent penis can be a symptom of a condition known as Peyronie's disease, which is estimated to affect up to seven percent of males. Researchers recently linked this with a higher risk of various cancers-including testicular, melanoma and stomach. Signs of  Peyronie's include scar tissue, a significant bend, erection problems and pain.

When the penis becomes erect, it's because two tubes called the corpora cavernosa fill up with blood,
the resultant curve may not be too noticeable when a man is flaccid but become more obvious when he is hard. As we all age, the skin all over our body produces less collagen and as a result, the skin becomes thinner and more fragile and starts to sag. So the natural curve can be more prominent as the skin hangs down looser.

Peyronie's disease occurs when a scar formation in penis prevents straight erection. It can make sex painful and cause erectile dysfunction. But in many cases men have no recollection of a specific trauma. In some, Peyronie's comes on gradually and doesn't seem to be related to an injury. Researchers therefore suspect it can be related to genes. In some men, injury and genetics could both be involved.

A recent study of different men found Peyronie's disease brought a higher risk of testicular cancer by 40 percent, melanoma by 29 percent and stomach cancer by 40 percent. A gene that may trigger the complaint could also be linked to the development of tumors.
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New method of testing prostate cancer

Prostate cancer occurs in the prostate, it
is one of the most common types of cancer in men. Common symptoms are painful urination, decreased force in the stream of urine, blood in semen, pelvic pain and erectile dysfunction.

An easy to produce prostate cancer tracer, a substance vital for the discovery of cancers, has been developed, it is called 68 Ga-THP-PSMA, the new tracer, which was developed with support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research.

Tracers are radioactive dyes that are introduced, by injection or in liquid form, into a patient's body before they have a positron emission tomography PET scan. As the tracer works its way around the body, organs and tissues affected by diseases such as cancer may absorb a higher or lower amount of the tracer than healthy tissues.

The level of absorption can be detected by the scan and help specialists to detect the disease. The tracer can give more patients access to potentially lifesaving scans by producing result quickly and leads to early treatment of the cancer.
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Links between diabetes and erectile dysfunction

According to latest research, erectile dysfunction affects more than half of diabetes patients, some of the affected men could not maintain an erection.

Diabetes increases a man's risk of suffering from erectile dysfunction.
It can damage the nerves and blood vessels needed to become aroused leading to erectile dysfunction.

Diabetes patients can struggle to maintain an erection even if they produce the necessary hormones or are sufficiently sexually stimulated.

Regular medical examination can reduce the risk of diabetes complications like high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and kidney disease.

Diabetes increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney problems, it increases the risk of untimely death.
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How heart disease causes erectile dysfunction

Men suffering from poor cardiovascular health may develop erectile dysfunction later in life, compared to those with a healthy heart, according to new research by Northwestern University.

Symptoms of coronary heart disease include chest pain, heart attacks and heart failure. It's caused by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries which can block the heart’s blood supply.

Researchers looked at how risk factors for the disease, or having poor cardiovascular health, might impact on sex. These included high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, high blood sugar, sedentary lifestyle, poor diet and smoking.

Abbi Lane-Cordova, lead study author and preventive medicine researcher at Northwestern University, “We knew that erectile dysfunction was considered an early indicator of vascular disease that might occur before heart disease was diagnosed by a doctor.

“Men may avoid erectile dysfunction the same way they may avoid heart disease.” Examining 1,136 men for a
decade from their early 60s, the researchers discovered that all the men who had developed cardiovascular disease by the end of the study had erectile dysfunction, while just 15 per cent of men with the lowest risk for cardiovascular disease did.

Coronary heart disease can reduce blood circulation to the penis, and it’s often been associated with erectile dysfunction in men over 60 years.
In the study, the 46 per cent of men with erectile dysfunction were more likely to have suffered poor blood flow through their arteries at the start of the research.

Previous evidence has linked risk of cardiovascular disease to higher likelihood of erectile dysfunction.
It’s thought to be because it leads to poor working of the blood vessels, which in turn leads to disruption of blood flow to the penis.

Treatment for the condition includes lifestyle changes, medication and surgery. You can prevent it by eating healthy balanced diet, avoiding sedentary lifestyle and smoking.