Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Can ED From Poor Blood Flow Be Reversed?

4 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of her YouTube presentation, Dr. Anne Truong outlines her approach to assessing erectile dysfunction (ED). She emphasizes that roughly 80% of ED cases are vasculogenic—stemming from inadequate penile blood flow—often linked to systemic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, smoking, metabolic syndrome, and a sedentary lifestyle. Dr. Truong stresses that when ED is caused by poor blood flow, it is potentially reversible, and understanding the underlying driver enables targeted, reverse‑engineered treatment strategies.

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This is what I think about when I evaluate someone with ED. What does it due to? So once you know what it's due to, you can reverse engineer and treat ED. So most of the time, I would say about 80% of the time, ED is due to physical causes. It's really due to blood flow or vasculogenic, and usually due to blood flow because you're diabetic or because you have high cholesterol and you have high blood pressure. You're overweight. The thing you need to know is that it can be reversed. Yes, poor blood flow that causes ED can be reversed. So if you see this slide that I'm showing you on YouTube, the drivers: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, metabolic syndrome, meaning diabetes and obesity, and sedentary lifestyle.